I Don't Need to Drink the Kool-aid
I like to surround myself with people that have different view points on the world because as they share their view points it broadens my view of the world. Maybe that sounds selfish, but I feel that when we stop trying to see different points of views we become stagnant and closed minded and I don't want to be closed minded or seen as judgemental. I guess I should clarify a couple things before I start. Closed Minded individuals, for the purpose of this specific blog, are those individuals who refuse to see things from another perspective. They grab onto a view or belief and anyone who does not agree with them 100% are classified as stupid (which is not a true use of the word). They also push their viewpoint on you vigorously and when you give them facts to refute their claims, they mention their expert and how they wish their expert could set you straight. Closed minded individuals live in a very black and white world, it's black or it's white there are...