The thing I find intersting about a lot of "open-minded"/"free-thinking" people I know and love is that they are very small-minded when it comes to people who hold more conservative beliefs. So although they will support causes for social struggle in all sorts of sphere of human endeavour, they will ridicule people who are, say, religious.

The verdict: I think even the most free-minded and intelligent people need to be careful about not becoming so over-zealous that more conservative people are left out of their equation.

I hope I'm making sense. It's the end of a long work day.

--Callie