Entitled to opinions

Thank God for rights, at least a lot of people respect your rights and if there was no regard for rights, we couldn't have a society. Every single person has the right to their own opinions and in a nation, there's freedom of speech which means the opinions you're entitled to can even be voiced out for free.

So much power given to you, and with great power comes great responsibility, (I stole that from spiderman obviously).

However, I see that many people are not responsible when it comes to the power of their opinions.

Understand that opinions are usually personal beliefs or thoughts of a person and I wouldn't say is the opposite but it's not the same as facts. Funny thing is that even facts can change depending on the situation.

Based on so many factors like, personality traits, cultural background, socialization, people have very different world views. Having differences in opinions is normal and don't make an attempt to force everyone to have the same opinion. Regardless of how factual you think your opinion is, someone has another opinion completely different from yours.

You can choose to believe whatever you want to believe, but to force someone to believe what you believe is really what stepping out of line looks like.

When you disagree and tell someone their opinion is wrong, you only say so because you have an opinion which you believe is right and therefore the other guy is wrong. However it's when you try to push that opinion forcefully, that conflicts happen.

We need to create a culture of respect for people's opinions no matter how wrong they are. You can try to convince them, but when they keep disagreeing, just move on with your life.

Communication is better when we have respect for each other's opinion. Now by respect I don't mean, give a fuck, I mean if they insist it's their opinion, then respect that and keep your own opinion too.

If yours is the truth and you manage to convince someone of it, good for you, but if you couldn't convince them, you let them be.

Sometime listening is more important than trying to convince someone. Most people make a mistake, just because your ideology works for you doesn't mean it's guaranteed to work for another person so forcing your ideas on other people is so wrong.

Even experts disagree sometimes, people with so much experience and knowledge about a field yet they can't come to a common ground, it just shows you how opinions vary.

If you have an argument, make sure it's facts and not opinion. If your argument is factual and you have every evidence necessary to back it, it just makes your argument stronger but make sure that it's based on facts not beliefs.

Respect people's opinions and not forcing yours on them will foster healthier discussions that'll allow people to share better and not control others with their beliefs.

We learn from hearing different opinions, we try to fact check the opinions, we filter and we mirror it with our own experiences and that's how we come up with wisdom. But it has to start with mutual respect for each other's opinion.

Doesn't it seem unfair to you when you pressure someone to change their mind? It does to me though. I think (and this is my opinion) freedom of thought is a basic human right.

We just need to adapt and accept that opinions differ, it's actually a sign of maturity and growth. There's more respect and more understanding.

To the people who have opinions about you which are wrong, since you've matured to understand that they are entitled to their opinions, let them keep that opinion they have of you while you keep yours.

A wise person once said, what you think of yourself is more important than what others think of you.

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