The Paradoxical Arguments

It started from a friend's post on Facebook. The post began with an argument with her father on the concept of marriage. She then further accused her father of being narrow-minded and conservative in the rest of the post. 

​This article is not going to talk about my definition of marriage or who was right or wrong. Here is what I found interesting. While a person claims another of being conservative, doesn't that make the person conservative as well since he/she could not accept the different idea apart from his/her own belief? And how open-minded is this person if he/she does not even try to understand the motives and reasoning behind the other person's argument? Did my friend disagree with her dad simply because of his conclusion? Or worse, was it simply a demonstration to prove her "maturity" and not even an argument at all?

Here is another one: the selfishness & selflessness paradox. I think one cannot accuse someone of being selfish without remaining selfless. Person A says person B is selfish because B does whatever he wants, but by saying that makes person A selfish because A is putting himself in the center of attention and he tries to interfere with B's will of action. This concept can be further extended into a group of people. We are all familiar with the rule 'the minority is subordinate to the majority', but that does not mean the minority is selfish and the majority is selfless.

Then how do we define if a person or a group is open/narrow-minded & selfish/selfless? Or such statement does not exist? Leave some comments below and let me know what you think!

Día de los Reyes Magos Barcelona 2016 / Barcelona's annual three Kings parade