I am very distressed right now. After many years, I had found a childhood friend online. I was very happy to have found him. While we were never close friends, I had always liked him. I still do. He is a member of a social networking website. He made a comment. I had a different opinion and made that comment. There was no nastiness whatsoever. I knew from his posts that his ideas on government and mine were different. What really threw me off my rocker is that after one conversation with no rancor, I am suddenly minus one friend on the social networking website. His statement is that he has no time or energy for those who do not share his views.
HOW?? How does one broaden one's mind? How does one ever discover new positions that make more sense than the ones currently held?? If I am a redneck and I only consort with rednecks, how do I ever find that maybe others that are different than me are ok??
I was deeply shocked. This friend is part of a demographic that screams for open mindedness from other demographics. Yet, one conversation where you do not hold the same opinion of a couple of men the he does - and zip - you are out of there. What closed mindedness!!! If these men about which we disagree were so horrible, show me why. I might change my mind about them. Such slamming of doors in faces is what leads to so much strife in this world.
What distresses me most is, If two individuals cannot get along without one cutting the other off completely, how can we ever expect our world to ever be at peace?
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