[Georgia Girl 2]

#4 is BS but other than that she pegged me to a “T”. 😆

[DoodleBob]

If she replaced “views” with “party” it’d be better.

[srmanuel]

I think many people evolve to that position, the Republicans betray their voters time after time and eventually people see them for what they are and become more independent thinkers over time, it’s called experience, wisdom, etc...

[curious7]

She hasn’t yet learned that one of the purposes of an ‘open mind’ is to take in and internalize good ideas, after due diligence. It’s not to encounter good ideas and then let them fall out again because the mind is hanging open, flapping in whatever breeze comes along.

[Vigilanteman]

Agreed. There are some groups which are not only consistently wrong, but wrong as wrong can be. To surmise that their opinions might be as valid as groups that are wrong, say, 1% of the time, is just plain stupid.

Otherwise, I am guilty as charged as an independent thinker.

I once had a college professor who observed that free market economics had a lot of problems, including inequities. But it worked a hell of a lot better than any other system which had ever been tried.

[Sunsong]

it’s good to be reminded of these ideas. Thanks

I like taking the “road less travelled”

[ViLaLuz]

I agree. #4 is poorly written but who cares what others think.

[RandallFlagg]

Agreed.
Adherence to freedom first is NOT a political view, even though it seems to be today.

[laplata]

ping

[metmom]

You don’t identify with any particular political or religious views An independent thinker is unlikely to be blindly loyal to a political party or a religious organization. Typically, they won’t identify with any particular views. This is because they don’t like squeezing their perceptions into the box of established interpretations

Actually I don’t have a problem with #4 as there is a difference between blind loyalty to a religion, and eyes wide open, sold out commitment to Jesus Christ.

[steve86]

That’s precisely what I said. She doesn’t understand how religious faith is different from everything else. I was laughing about the others, like looking in the mirror.

[aquila48]

#4.
“Even if they do find some specific political or religious views more relatable, they will make sure they don’t give in to blind belief. This is one of the most telling examples of independent thinking.”

So there are things you BLINDLY believe in?

[moovova]

Should be (from the article):

“4. You don’t identify with any particular political or religious views”

[aquila48]

“4 is BS but other than that she pegged me to a “T””

Agree. It should be rewritten as

“4. You don’t BLINDLY (uncritically) identify with any particular political or religious views”

We all have our biases. That isn’t the problem.

The issue is whether those biases are grounded in reality.

Our biases (prejudices) are very important to our survival, if they properly reflect reality.

I’m biased against lions, when it comes to them getting too close to me. Same with some random pitbull I may run into.