"If you read my statement carefully, and dispassionately, you will see that the only thing I am saying that everybody does is, .." etc...

Yeah, I realize that is 'all you are saying', but I disagree that it IS universally true, and as I have said before about a couple of your sweeping generalizations, IF you define it so broadly that it can't be disputed, it becomes almost trivial. If all you mean is that we can't approach a subject without previous mental constructs...sure...we don't 'think' in a vacuum. That hardly expands to mean we automatically are 'prejudiced' or 'directed' in certain ways. Insofar as we ARE, that merely defines the point at which we begin to consider WHAT our opinions are, and that consideration is what we bring to an issue....and IT may be well-considered or poorly considered. I suspect that you are treating the poorly considered as basic, and many go no further. I just suggest that for your generalization to be true, it is ONLY applicable to that trivial aspect....

Now, I'll post this...and then re-read it to see if I understand me.