Question about attitudes

I understand we like some things and don't like others. Then there are some in between. Isn't that the case with mostly everything we experience also? I think it is. My question is more about the two extremes, when we like something with passion and when we dislike something with equal passion. When we were in TF we believed there was only one way, our way, TF's way. We were radical in the sense that we didn't accept anything else beyond those boundaries. There was not even the possibility of discussing opposing views with an open mind. If we did it it was to find counter arguments, not to find the honest truth. At least for me in many things it was that way. In the end what woke me up was the continuation of recurring problems that didn't result in improvements but in denials. I've seen a lot of a similar attitudes in the general population, particular in relationship to politics, religion and other emotionally charged themes. That is the frame for my question:

are we still that radical and passionate about what we believe that we don't accept other views?