Sep 12 2007
First the Fasists, Now the Nazis
I’ve been trying to understand why so many intelligent articulate people in this world refuse to be open minded. I’m not referring to the “matrix universe” level of open mindedness, but rather open to the point of evaluating one’s assumptions. I suppose that’s what separates raw intelligence from wisdom. There is obviously a poison in society that is causing rampant blindness. My first thoughts are of the obvious, Faithfact, Telereality and McI’mclickin’it, but there must be something I’m not seeing, something more to it.
I’ve just let my mind run it’s abstract free flow. I don’t know exactly were I developed the skill but a pet theory about individual blindness kerneled in the frontal lobe. Humans envision themselves as a static thing. It’s an understandable concept to attach to , because an identity by it’s very definition is static. A chair today was a chair yesterday and will be a chair tomorrow. So perhaps there is a hardwired element in our brains which predisposes a person to latch onto to their current beliefs as eternal. But that is counter to healthy rational mentality. We need not constantly self debate that the sky it up there, but if it starts falling we best reevaluate what we think.
The following is a post lifted from an Active duty Soldier of the United States of America, who goes by the handle “Shore-Leave Organization of the Islamic Conference”. He did a critique of my favorite personal defense weapon, the benchmade push dagger. He’s obviously unaware that I was one pen stroke away from joining the Army two years ago. I’m not sure whether I’m just really good at manipulating people into making them look like fools or if he’s actually as blind as he appears to be. I’ve cut down the comments slightly to make it a quicker read. Enjoy!
