Ethical public discourse - it isn't easy.

[gimlisam]

Not once but twice within a couple of days of last Wednesday's class discussion on public discourse I caught myself bashing a certain group of people, in this case, the Tea Party. One of these times was immediately following the class, and in a discussion with a classmate, to boot! True, both times I recognized what I was doing, but it doesn't

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[arinwolfe]

There is no such thing as being purely tolerant of other people's view point's, nor should there be. You have to have firm, passionate oppions to surivive.

[gimlisam]

I am not saying that I don't bring my opinions to discussions, nor am I saying that one shouldn't. One should, however, not immediately dismiss ideas that one disagrees with. This is what I mean by saying I try to bring an open mind. I have my opinions, but I try not to shut other viewpoints out when they are brought to the table.