If your mind is closed, may your mouth follow suit!

Ok, this is a short rant that may not be as well written or supported as I (or you) would like, but I need to get it out before my brain explodes. I've been doing a great deal of reading the past 2 weeks. I thoroughly enjoy reading people's view points on life, including, but not limited to: interpersonal relationships, government, religion, morality, love, hate, racism, sexism, basically anything, especially if the topics are controversial and especially if the view points are different from mine or what is considered the norm (which are often synonymous). So, I randomly search the web to come across forums of all kinds to read up on people's views. I enjoy the challenge of debating with or defending the honor of an open mind. However, what I have come across recently has been nothing more than a bunch of ultra-sensitive intellectuals looking for a fight rather than an amicable (and healthy) debate. No one seems to be interested in giving a differing view the benefit of the doubt, so as to learn from that view. Rather, interest seems to lie simply in public humiliation and idiotic, childish taunting aimed at the immediate self-gratification of being able to call someone else and/or someone else's ideas "stupid." Wake up folks, we gain so much from opening our minds to others and other's points of view. Differences in thought lead to exploration (expansion?) and exploration leads to knowledge and knowledge leads to better, more well-rounded people.
Now, as far as my blog goes, please feel free to disagree with me at any time. I encourage and value individual and differing points of view because I may learn something from you and your big, beautiful brain!! I may debate you, but I will never call you names! Phewwww...just needed to get that out! Thanks for listening. I may end up expanding on my thoughts here, but for now, I feel better...hahaha!!