Its difficult to self-identify as, "open-minded" when most perceive its meaning as being derivative of alternative societal constructs, rather than living abstractly self-aware.
Only when followed blindly. I've found - by deconstructing societal norms - that many are solidly founded and rooted in harmonious outcomes and should be followed because they work!
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Many others, however, are not.