I guess I'm probably a 1 on a narrow-mindedness scale of 1-10.

I tend not to hate entire groups of people because of what their government did in the past or because of what a small percentage of them have done. If I did, I would probably hate Americans, because Americans and the American government has done some pretty crappy stuff in the past. But I don't. I loved America enough to serve my country, and was fortunate enough to have never had to kill anyone from any of those other countries while in her service.

I guess I just don't understand all the hate all the time. When you hold hate in your heart against another person or group it is a burden and a cancer in your own heart, and 99% of the time that other person could care less and sometimes they even thrive on it.

It's a struggle and it is something that I have to work on everyday. It is easy to hate and hard to forgive and to love.

Jesus never taught us to hate other people that I can recall, but does say that, "...the greatest of these is Love."

I'm somewhere around a 5. My problem is I'm very opinionated, hard headed and I will stand up for what I believe in, even when I'm the only one standing. Unfortunately I don't look at labels much because we make so little in the USA anymore. Love me some Chinese and Mexican food as well.

jbc you do realize that you said you've imposed a ban on some things you deem as "sucks" when someone else may not think so.
So Everyone was/is the correct wording to use

Yeah. Obviously I "ban" things I don't like

But not for any reason other the quality of the product

I'm not not wearing or eating or buying something because of any political views

If it's good, I'll use/consume it. If not, I wont

I buy Toyota trucks. Both my Tacoma's were built in Sna Antonio Texas and had American built engines. Transmissions came from Japan I think.

My 4Runner is Japan produced I think. I'd take either one over a built in Mexico GM, Ford, or Dodge/Fiat truck though. I don't know which ones are made where other than the Tacoma but I saw where it was second only to the F150 in the amount of American parts and labor included.

You'll be naked and starving trying a total boycott of non US produced stuff these days. Hopefully that's the sort of thing our new president will begin the process of evening up.

We all have prejudices. I'd like to say I'm open to both sides of most everything, that said I typically lean a certain way. The common sense way. If it is logical, then I'm for it.

Hey Leroy, Jane Fonda said it's time to get back on the couch and snuggle.

Dixie Chicks

Kaepernick

Hillary

Does it matter that Vienna is in Austria, or did I miss your point?

thought same, but just let it go

One of the worst things about our society these days is how bias we�ve become. Folks seem to just pick a political side and then put on the blinders. It's like no one is able to assess something on the true merits anymore. If the person you like did it then it�s good�.if the other person did it, it�s bad. If Hillary was in this same position of being suspected of being in bed with the Russians as well as having just got a soldier killed in a botched raid��this forum would be melting down right now with threads. Let the shoe be on the other foot though and it�s all good, we�ll just let that slide. It�s no different with the other side. Rail on folks for 8 years for not accepting Obama as Pres and then the very minute the current election is over, you�re in the street claiming �not my Pres!�. Bias fellas�.bias. We the people are worse than the media themselves.

Some have seen the metaphor in my post some haven't. I realized a long time time ago that narrow mindedness is just plain silly. You will a can make others miserable by being so hard headed. I sure have. But I also believe that you have to stand for something or you will fall for anything. So I'm against cats in the house.

I see where you're coming from. I subscribe to the same thing but honestly I can be swayed. One thing I haven't done is go back into a Target since they went to that gender neutral BS on bathrooms. It's my small protest. But things like Wal-mart. I hate em. Can't stand Wal-Mart. Having said that, when they beat everybody's prices on a set of tires by 150-200 bucks, dammit...as much as I hated to do it, I bought from them. Twice.

I know Starbucks is about as liberal as you can be but we go there sometimes not for the overpriced coffee, but more for the conversation with friends that we always see there.

I love my Benelli shotgun and eat lasagna even though the Italians fought against us in WW2.

I'm telling on myself here but I get your point. It's tough to 100% avoid all companies and products who's policies are in opposition to our beliefs.

Dr. B

THANK YOU, you hit the nail square with that post

Not a big fan of Disney; they are always trying to get their liberal views in.

He probably thinks the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.

I'll give him benefit of doubt he was thinking Venetian/Venice

No need to. If y'all knew him you would know he was serious as a kidney stone. I blame on the natty lights.