As per circa me
I’ve been attacked–well, let’s be less incendiary and say approached–recently by a friend or two about the alleged irony of how I consider myself open-minded and liberal, yet am close-minded and stubborn when confronted with the viewpoints of others.
Being liberal and open-minded is not the same as being indecisive and ambivalent, you see. So, when some poses an argument counter to my beliefs, I will argue against it, naturally. For example, if some southern-bred, red state-sanctioned bigoted hick tries to convince me that homosexuality is wrong, immoral, and evil, I will beg to differ. This does not make me close-minded.
The best analogy I can come up with is that a close-minded person would only consider their own religion, say, Christianity for (prime) example, as being valid and right. Whereas an open-minded person would consider Christianity, Muslim, Jewish, Catholic, atheist, agnostic, Hindu et. al. to be all valid for the people who believe in them.
Do you see the distinction?
