I know this is going to create alot of ignorant people answering me, but can some open-minded people please help me on this one...I feel that all I can see is hatred when a question that hits someone's "danger zones" is asked and I am frankly VERY TIRED of this....To all that I know will leave ignorant answers, I still respect you....although you will not reciprocate, I am used to that....I am thinking for some, ignorance IS bliss?
2007-04-03 17:24:21 · 17 answers · asked by Luna 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
To paraphrase Mark Tawain: It is best to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
To paraphrase a Sioux proverb: When a man is hurling insults at you, it is best to keep quiet and let him look the fool.
2007-04-03 17:35:15 · answer #1 · answered by Cacaoatl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Their are alot of slackjawed social retards out their who feel the second something offends them they can open their mouths and produce volumes of sincere diarhea. These people usualy have rods protruding from certain crevices of their anatomy that keeps them from laughing at themself. It forces them to take themselfs to seriously, and that makes them feel important. These people create danger zones to protect their ignorance, bias or lack the ability to relate to what someone is saying. The danger zones make them feel powerful because they can censor what other people are saying, when deep down it makes them feel helpless. They also like the rush of self righteous fervor to "act out" one of these danger zones. They do not just close their minds, but lock it up and throw away the key.
2007-04-03 17:32:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For close-minded people, they believe strongly in their believes, so if someone were to say something opposing their believes, they will argue right away to prove that they are right, and the rest of us is wrong. That's just the way it is, everyone's got different opinions and some believes more than the other.
2007-04-03 18:19:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Welcome to psychology and the hope that some day you will understand all these curious things you have about us humans. First off we are personalities and our minds are our own private business but for the fact that the mind exists to coordinate social reality amongst the best of problem solvers and closed minds are to you something that does not accept you enough to fully open up.
2007-04-03 18:08:10 · answer #4 · answered by JORGE N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because things that go against people's personal beliefs and impinge on their "comfort zones" can trigger the "fight or flight" response and with a verbal confrontation people tend to spew hateful and ingnorant words rather than throw punches.
And yes, for some people they would rather keep their own ideas that they are comfortable with than learn something new.
2007-04-03 17:36:56 · answer #5 · answered by darkstar_1005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's been said that people get dumber on the internet. It's a combination of anonymity and the idea that one can communicate ones ideas with thousands of people around the world.
What I try to do is just say, "I don't have the energy to deal with this," and just leave the flamewars to others.
2007-04-03 18:44:57 · answer #6 · answered by Surely Funke 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have an opinion, or even a question that someone doesn't agree with, they give you smart *** answer about how you should be more like them. For example, i asked a question about an aspect of religion i didn't understand...Not an aspect i didn't LIKE, i didn't UNDERSTAND. I simply asked someone to explain to me why some religious people do the things they do, and i got yelled at, stupid answers, called names, ETC. People are take offense way too easy.
2007-04-03 17:37:31 · answer #7 · answered by Seduce A Stranger :] 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Close-minded people open their mouths, becaue they feel the need to defend whatever it is they believe in. They do not want to accept or even consider other people's ideas, because they are afraid of being proved wrong.
2007-04-03 18:47:04 · answer #8 · answered by 9987 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They open there mouths because the fact their minds are closed
2007-04-03 17:32:48 · answer #9 · answered by BlackGothPunk 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
close-minded people think that the path is only their path. they think that they are always right. it is very hard to change close-minded people's minds just like it is very hard to change people's beliefs. it's just the way that the person was brought up and how their experiences affect them. everyone was brought up differently going through simliar experiences but are affected differently from them.
2007-04-03 17:32:18 · answer #10 · answered by cognition 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋