When you provide someone with internet links, encyclopedia articles, and solid facts that support a certain political, social or philosophical statement, and the other person chooses instead to qualify your arguments as "left wing lies", "propaganda", or "biased", without actually refuting your claims or showing evidence to the contrary, are they being close-minded?
Consider that I usually back up my statements with reliable, neutral encyclopedias (like wikipedia), or from scientific websites or at least websites from different parts of the ideological spectrum.
Why are there still some people that choose to ignore facts?
What is it that causes people to methaphorically "cover their ears", and ignore solid facts and scientific data such as evolution, global warming, Disney child labour in Haiti, US support torwards dictatorships and terrorist groups such as the Nicaraguan "Contras", shady and corrupt bussiness associations in several countries' leaderships, etcetera?
2006-07-12
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