It's like this: I have been alive a long time, and by now I have done my experimenting so I have a favorite composer, 3-4 favorite foods, favorite authors, etc. It is utterly stupid to still feel one has to be open-minded about eating Indian vindalooed liver when one has found out one is not only allergic to liver but also can't stand the spiciness of vindaloo.
Plus, if you are too open-minded then you are saying you have no taste, nothing pleases/displeases you, that "it's all the same". NO, it's not all the same. Some things inherently (for each person) have greater significance, in that rap music and Beethoven are not both equally relevant to the history of the world within my worldview, for example. Do not try to make me feel guilty for deciding for Beethoven (not my favorite composer, but an example that anyone would understand, because my favorite is quite esoteric).
I have done my spate of being "liberal-minded"; now I get to choose the particular sensations and experiences I prefer to surround myself with.
Is it normal that close-mindedness annoys me ??
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It's like this: I have been alive a long time, and by now I have done my experimenting so I have a favorite composer, 3-4 favorite foods, favorite authors, etc. It is utterly stupid to still feel one has to be open-minded about eating Indian vindalooed liver when one has found out one is not only allergic to liver but also can't stand the spiciness of vindaloo.
Plus, if you are too open-minded then you are saying you have no taste, nothing pleases/displeases you, that "it's all the same". NO, it's not all the same. Some things inherently (for each person) have greater significance, in that rap music and Beethoven are not both equally relevant to the history of the world within my worldview, for example. Do not try to make me feel guilty for deciding for Beethoven (not my favorite composer, but an example that anyone would understand, because my favorite is quite esoteric).
I have done my spate of being "liberal-minded"; now I get to choose the particular sensations and experiences I prefer to surround myself with.