In my personal life and in blogging, I regularly run across people who, having arrived at a specific conclusion by whatever manner, will not let go of it no matter what.

You know the type. In the face of any evidence to the contrary, their idea/belief is the only one, and everyone else is of an inferior intellect.

So I just let them alone and let them head off in their own misguided direction, because for whatever reason, they are unwilling to accept that they might have something to learn. >.

I have been through a lot of shit in my life, and one thing I’ve learned, is that I always have something to learn. And I’m always trying very hard to keep that mind open. Not always an easy thing, and not always completely possible. It boggles me that people ostensibly much brighter and more learned than I, have such a death grip on some of their conceptions, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary (which they don’t even seem to hear)

Liberals are another story altogether.

Again, if i started bitchslapping all the people who so desperately need it, my right arm would start windmilling around like Pete Townshend’s, and I might never be able to stop.

Better have another coffee and go to work.