Open minded
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Open mindedness is when even if you think you are right, you know that you can be wrong and are always willing to listen to and hear an opposing or contradictory view.
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An ability to not dismiss an idea with sneering contempt, simply because it does not fit within your preconceived notions.
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Listening to others and fairly contemplating more than one viewpoint while holding your own stance on an issue.
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Having a mind willing to listen to opinions that are different from or conflict with your own; unbiased; unprejudiced.
Unfortunately, it has become a term used by condescending to describe themselves or to mean you should agree with me.
The irony of term being that modern psychology disproves that people are incapable of being truly open minded. Therefore, if one was to claim that they are open minded, they must be willing to acknowledge that they are not open-minded. -
To be up for anything and everything involving sex and life in general!
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What you [call] [someone] who agrees with YOUR viewpoint.
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Someone who is more [Bi-curious] than Bi-Sexual by [Faceparty] definiton. Usually by searching Faceparty with [Openminded] or Bi-Sezual selected for males, you will only find half of them are utter twats.
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Being [open minded] is being willing to give many different practices and opinions [consideration].
However, this does NOT equate to tolerance. Tolerance implies being okay with people doing whatever they want. Open mindedness is only giving it consideration.
Unfortunately, many left-leaning people seem to think theyre the same, and, as an insult, accuse more conservative people of being [close-minded], which makes little sense.
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