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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:54 AM Original message |
Do liberals have closed minds? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well... |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Ye-es, that's what I think, however... |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. yes, i've been reading one poster in particular. very new here. argues |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Is it a liquidy kind of name? |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Certainly the person *I* was thinking of had a fluidish sort of bent. NT |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Agua by any other name is still agua. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. um...rather liquidy |
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water (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Hello :) |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think being liberal or conservative makes one close minded. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. i think some do and clearly so, no where near like pugs, neo-nuts & such... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. That's a Pretty Blanket Statement |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. Which liberals? On what subject(s)? n/t |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Is that rhetorical? |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Not at all. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Well, okay, I don't know how to answer you, then... |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:08 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Well, that might be a clue about something... |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:37 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Don't follow you. |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Well, it appears that your OP was in response... |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Ohhhhh, welll |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yes, I'm closed-minded |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:08 AM Original message |
"I can't stand people who can't accept the way others live." you must hate the people that hate me |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
28. I'm not afriad to use the word 'hate' |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I'm comfortable with hate. It's weaselly to tell people to acquiesce to bullying because not doing |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. I prefer the word "detest". |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Beard-stroky CONTEMPLATION of your suggestion... |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. Hell YES. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. Ideologues of any stripe tend to be close-minded. They also tend to be scolds. |
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Raejeanowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. What You Said x 2 n/t |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. ? i confess: i used to be very accepting of EVERYONE, very tolerant of |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. But is that what one might understand to be "close-mindedness"? |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. here's the thing-- |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
14. Oh no, no |
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flowomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
15. well, here's a test: |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. DING DING! |
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flowomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I'll leave it to you to post that question as a separate thread... |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I'm not sure that really discloses if a person has an open or closed mind. It's |
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flowomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. not everything that meets the criterion is proof of an open mind... |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. No one has a permanently unchanged mind. And changing your mind on an |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Crap argument |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Woah! You're entangling several strands there. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
18. Yes...regardless of political stripe, there are always... |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
26. Everyone is capable of being closed minded at times - left or right. |
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mikus1975 (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
33. Conserves want to control our life. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
39. Depends on how you define it. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
44. By definition, no. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
45. I don't want an "open mind"; I want equality, justice, and reason. |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. I think we could be great friends |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
46. In general, I've found that most Americans are very narrow-minded, |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
47. no but asking people to have an open mind to what is unscientific and just plain illogical |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
48. I refuse to engage in such thinking. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
50. They can be - University speech codes come to mind. nt |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
51. of course, they're human just like everybody else. but it depends on the subjects. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
52. Maybe yes, maybe no. I've yet to be convinced either way. n/t |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
54. Liberals are intolerant of bullshit propaganda. |
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