Anyone ever get the feeling they are being decieved every time someone tells you to have an open mind. as far as I'm concerned there is no such thing. I think what it really is, is a way to force someone into a similar line of thinking as you. Your naturally insinuating that the person you are talking with is either a bigot or some other form of "closed minded" thus bullying them into changing their mind.
In a argumentative sense the phrase has no reality. No one is open-minded anyways. No one comes to a discussion without biases. It is impossible to believe otherwise. In the end of analyzing the phras and its uses. I can ony feel its a discussion dropper because it basically says, "please let me win the argument", and is the end of relevant evidence.
In a argumentative sense the phrase has no reality. No one is open-minded anyways. No one comes to a discussion without biases. It is impossible to believe otherwise. In the end of analyzing the phras and its uses. I can ony feel its a discussion dropper because it basically says, "please let me win the argument", and is the end of relevant evidence.