I don't have one anymore. Do you? I've been thinking about this issue since last night and it's probably too late for all of us, but does anyone remember having an open mind. I mean the ability to hear another point of view unlike your own?
The ability to do that without feeling threatened or wanting to scream at that person or call them a moron?
I remember a time when that was possible and friends could really sit down and have a discussion that unlike minds could participate in and come away with some respect for a different opinion. Usually alcohol or some form of drug was involved, but still, at the end of the day, everyone was still friends. And maybe you came away with a perspective that you didn't have before and maybe you didn't but it didn't change how you felt about that person.
It was a different atmosphere, more civil and reserved. It seems that now, anything can be said, anyone can tote a weapon to a gathering, signs carried are insulting, racist, and provocative. And it's all okay cause the other side does it, they did it first.
I am as bad as anyone. I have fantasies that are not nice. I have good friends that I don't talk to anymore cause I think they are morons. I have friends that I like so much, I won't discuss my politics with them because I know we won't be friends anymore. I have family that I want to strangle every time they open their mouth about the "Reagan years"
I try not to watch TV ... it's the worst thing you can do. I read the blogs that i like and the web pages that share my feelings about this country. My mind is closed. It responds to the opinions that agree with mine. I smile when I hear what I want to and walk away from things I don't want to hear.