Commentary: Open your minds, America – CNN.com.
Just read some thoughts about the debate about health care at the link above, and I have to say, I don’t think the scope is limited to the health care debate. I am reminded about arguments even within my extended family (so far, the immediate family seems pretty unanimous — but then, we haven’t discussed everything) of the recent political past.
On the other hand, I also remember eavesdropping on the “my country right or wrong” arguments between my mother and great-grandfather back in the ’80s.
What do you think? Was there a time in our collective past when it was not so terrible to consciously change one’s mind on an important and meaningful topic? If we’ve lost that ability (if we even ever had it…), how can we get it back?
We need it, don’t we?