Thinking freely

In an interesting debate with Yashar at lunch time, I noticed I am not as Liberal as I think I am. And when suddenly I came to the realization that I was too stubborn to accept this at the debate time,-given the fact that I , like all other rational human, had known myself to be “right” in my believes-, I came to this enlightening conclusion that “conservatives” are not really as wrong as I used to believe as a teenager. Aging combined with wisdom make people soft and considerate. In fact, I didn’t change, but I change my perception of myself or, the definition of “being liberal”. Every one needs to understand what “term” he/she should use to describe him/herself, and as all the terms in language are relative to what the society behaves on average, one should as frequently update his/her self-perception of her/his political stand as the society changes.

Putting yourself in other people’s shoes: That takes practice and patience.

And, after all, I still call myself “Liberal” in its traditional definition: because only a liberal person is not afraid of changing his/her stand free-thinkingly.