Arguing with my relatives they brought up how California gets screwed over by the electoral system because their votes "don't count" since they're not a swing state.
I said if they were more open-minded they'd be a swing state and their votes would count, so their vote not counting is due to them not wanting it to count.
It was like a smacked them with a 2"x4".... but, but, but liberals are so open-minded by definition they said! So where's the diversity of opinion, if they all think the same way how can they be open minded?
They think open-minded means you looked at everything, reassured yourself with confirmation bias that other beliefs are actually terrible just like you thought, so now the more sure of your beliefs you are the more open-minded you are - the complete opposite of actually being open-minded.
Arguing with my relatives they brought up how California gets screwed over by the electoral system because their votes "don't count" since they're not a swing state.
I said if they were more open-minded they'd be a swing state and their votes would count, so their vote not counting is due to them not wanting it to count.
It was like a smacked them with a 2"x4".... but, but, but liberals are so open-minded by definition they said! So where's the diversity of opinion, if they all think the same way how can they be open minded?
They think open-minded means you looked at everything, reassured yourself with confirmation bias that other beliefs are actually terrible just like you thought, so now the more sure of your beliefs you are the more open-minded you are - the complete opposite of actually being open-minded.