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Originally Posted by rubicon
Old minds also have the benefit of experience of seeing the same old platitudes recycled. Some old minds recognize that it always "the singer and not the song. Keeping an open mind doesn't always mean you change your mind. there are very basic truths in this world and the more naïve allow singers to be creative in their song a song that distorts these truths and amounts to bupkus
Too often and especially in todays American people do not seek the truth they demand agreement only, and if you disagree their argument is that you are a ------- (insert your adjective). We have lost our ability to be deep and critical thinkers and we treat important subject matters in the same way we like our coffee instant/fast. The very fact that someone accuses you of not having an open mind" is an indicator of manipulation and I "äin't" buying into that line.
In essence keeping an open mind does not always equate to truth because of the power of manipulation especially in this day of advance technology think the internet, world government that peddle misinformation and news media that control news based on their personal ideology and not fact.
The days of Joe Friday have long disappeared to our detriment
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You're right, I fear! Politics and government in America today has become more a sport between two teams, and less about trying to find a way to help the country. All's fair as long as we beat the other guy. It's more about winning an election than about solving our problems. Thus the gridlock. My fingers are pointed in two directions here.
I think back on my life and I remember examples in the past of politicians of different philosophical and political persuasions who worked together to craft good government. Examples are President John F. Kennedy and Senator John Sherman Cooper, or President Ronald Reagan and Representative Tip O'Neil. They liked each other and bent over backward to work together. That doesn't mean that they always "gave in" but they always gave toward good ideas. They served the people as best they could.