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Writer's Block: Agree to disagree
Oct. 1st, 2009 06:36 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
A person's divergent opinion doesn't scare me. I have friends (and relatives) who are straight, gay, transgender, republican, democrat, Mormon, atheist, Catholic, libertarian, Charismatic Evangelical, saved, damned, furry, fat, thin, Jewish, Klingon (at least, I'm pretty sure he is), and you name it.
What does scare me is closed-minded fanaticism. When someone operates on the basis of "my mind is made up, don't confuse me with facts," there is little room for discussion or mutually-beneficial exchange. These people I tend to move to the outer edges of my circle of influence, while not shunning them altogether.
A person's divergent opinion doesn't scare me. I have friends (and relatives) who are straight, gay, transgender, republican, democrat, Mormon, atheist, Catholic, libertarian, Charismatic Evangelical, saved, damned, furry, fat, thin, Jewish, Klingon (at least, I'm pretty sure he is), and you name it.
What does scare me is closed-minded fanaticism. When someone operates on the basis of "my mind is made up, don't confuse me with facts," there is little room for discussion or mutually-beneficial exchange. These people I tend to move to the outer edges of my circle of influence, while not shunning them altogether.
