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Cranial Bigotry


Hypocrisy-

Because just saying you're open-minded doesn't mean you have an open mind;

It means you can use your words.

And being open-minded can be easy;

It takes real courage to stand for something when everyone else is insulting you.

And deciding someone else is closed-minded could make you closed-minded;

If you aren't careful

You could become the person you didn't want to be

And insult a friend,

A brother,

A teacher,

Or a total stranger-

And become the very person you claim to loathe

 

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