[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..if we don’t listen though, no matter how strongly we feel..then we’ve just closed our worlds down a bit by not leaving that mind open....?..just reached the end of something and closed it all off..made it all stagnant in our thought processes...

That depends on what we are supposed to be listening to. There's a lot of ignorance surrounding immigration (just an example) and so if I read something that I know to be incorrect, I'll attempt but usually fail to correct their knowledge. What I'm not going to do is listen to them blindly continuing with that rant because its worthless. If, on the other hand, someone rants about something I have little knowledge about I may go off and do my own research on that subject, if I'm interested. If not, then I don't join the topic.

...so far as immigration is concerned for instance, I’ve listened to some very valid and thought provoking reasons why more control is felt to be needed and even why in some cases it may be opposed to completely...that may not have changed my feelings or stance as such in general...but it does prevent my thoughts just staying with their comfort zone of not branching out if that makes sense...and I guess that I’m just not on board with attaching a label on others when it’s essentially a label that’s being opposed or objected to ...yes, we are entitled to but does it hinder by doing, type thing...just to add that I don’t covertly agree, neither do I have my thoughts based on friendships...

I would never say the curbing of immigration isn't needed but all immigrants need to be dealt with on a case by case basis. I understand the huge good immigration brings to this country and I'm aware of the negative consequences of allowing certain types in but a few bad apples shouldn't ruin the whole pick.

As for the reasons for protection, all I know is, I don't worry for a second about the people who are openly aggressive about 'people types' because whilst you may not understand their dislike, you absolutely know how they feel about certain issues. The people who never really join in such topics other than to attempt to protect the hater are the people I'm guarded about.