So, if you have an unfavorable opinion of someone, it's prejudice. Even when it's not? Okayeee.
If the thought is based on anything specific, including his religion, then it's not free thought, it's restricted thought, especially if the conclusions only allow acceptable solutions stemming from that base of thought. In this case his "free thought" didn't waver one iota from the established position of his religion.
I do love a good irony.
That's the hallmark of a liberal, where they are all about freedom of speech, expression and thought, right up to the point where yours disagrees with theirs.
There are PAVED ROADS! Less than a mile from my wife's aunt's house.
No, it's prejudice to decide, beforehand, that he WON'T do his own thinking. After he speaks, to then conclude that he isn't doing his own thinking, based on his words and actions, is not prejudice, it's fairness. Prejudice means to PRE JUDGE. If you judge them after the fact, it's not pre judging them.
Yes, but when you demonstrate the inability or unwillingness to deviate from the already established position, and you do so in statements of absolutely, it's a clear indication of restricted thinking, of failing or refusing to consider other viewpoints, an indication of a closed mind not open to alternatives.
I know exactly where it is. Not backwoods by my standards. Maybe to a city slicker it is.
I hunted and fished that river with her Uncle Buck when he was alive and with her uncle Alvin. Caught a lot of "specs" and got a few wood ducks. Missed a ton.
I DID hunt the real back woods for deer with her Uncle Tommy. His camp was 12 miles off the nearest hard top road. Two track all the way in. No electricity. No running water. Nuthin but live oak and pine.
The SOP for Bible thumpers is close-mindedness: they believe what they believe, end of discussion, you can't change their mind, because they're right, the Bible tells them so, and they aren't receptive to new or contradicting ideas and positions. They have no need for free thinking, because the Bible tells them what to think. Plus, one doesn't need to judge or assume how he came to those conclusions - he tells you right there in his own words.
