To all like-minded individuals out there, I have decided the term “like-minded” is stupid and has no meaning, so anyone who thinks that too please leave a comment on my blog.
I might even start a petition to collect signatures of all those that think the same way as me.
OK, so I concede it does have meaning… but there is just something insipid about describing someone as “like-minded”, I am not sure what it is about it.
Perhaps it is because it is usually used in an exclusive manner, being used to invite “like-minded” people to an event is essentially to say “don’t come if you don’t think like me”.
Anyway, just a thought and it is probably just me…
#1 by Colin Guthrie on November 25, 2009 - 9:07 am
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Well I disagree with you.
We think alike in many ways and some external observers may call us “like minded”. But, considering I have nothing at all against the term itself then we are clearly not “like minded” in that respect and anyone calling us that is stupid.
So, paradoxically, I must now agree that the term is indeed stupid.