> If you aren't open to change your mind, why should anyone be open to change theirs? A lot of discussion/debate is less about changing minds and more about mu

> If you aren't open to change your mind, why should anyone be open to change theirs? A lot of discussion/debate is less about changing minds and more about mutual understanding of the underlying values. The problem is these "taboo subjects" all too often have people assuming the other's intentions and therefore the underlying reasoning for those bad arguments never get fleshed out. Thus the person with the taboo perspective just feels misunderstood. I imagine this is also how athiests feel in deeply religious parts of the US.