Today we see this all over in America. Whether it's the antics of the extreme right or the far-flung left, the seemingly endless debate over gun rights and gun control, the pointless bickering back-and-forth in social media, or the consistent bombardment of for-profit special bias and interest news, many Americans seem to have shut down and closed their minds. Once a person's mind is closed, even an act of God cannot open it again... In the meantime, we seem to have lost the ability - and worse, the desire - to really communicate to one another. So...before it's too late, check your own mind...Are you willing to be tolerant of other people as long as they treat you with respect? Are you capable of listening to another's point of view even if it doesn't match your own? Can you conceive that somebody with a different opinion might nevertheless make some valid statements? Hopefully you can. Also, keeping an open mind doesn't mean you don't have strong convictions, it just means that you still can listen and learn. But a person with a closed mind cannot and will not communicate properly, preferring instead to dwell in their dark space of self-chosen, self-imposed exile. Theirs is a mental landscape ruled of fear, hatred, and intolerance. They cannot conceive of respecting anyone to whom disagrees with them. These people are the REAL threat to America.
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