Opinions

The cool thing about opinions is that everyone is intitiled to one but lately I am seeing people take advantage of that. I'm going to give an example but I don't want anyone to see a correlation between themselves and this post so I won't use the following words: democrat, republican, war, government. equall rights, abortion, religions... Ect. You get the point, I will make it pretty vague.

So, let's say I don't have a good opinion with the color purple. I don't like purple and I don't see any good coming from purple. I now come to realize I have a friend on Facebook who does have an great opinion of purple. From her view purple has great things that can come from it. A good example of how someone should react to this is by saying that I don't agree with your opinion and my opinion still stands on purple. A bad example and one that I see so often is that since your opinion is different than mine I will attack you personally and say that not only is your opinion dumb but you are, too. 

Opinions are formed from how we are raised, our relations with others and our own personal experiences. Obvisously, my opinions will vary from someone who had completely different lifestyles and experiences than mine. Isn't that awesome, though? That we are all so different, that we all have the right and freedom to have various opinions. Don't use your right to have an opinion as a subjective emotional bandage to make yourself feel better and someone else worse.

I always say, "I will never correct your opinion just your grammar." When I say this I'm not just a condesiding A-hole, I'm basically meaning that I am not going to try to correct your opinion if you have educated facts behind it and you are not just being ignorant in how you present it (an example... If you have an unfavorable opinion of the president express with facts on why you do, don't just say he is "black and a terrorist" or if you don't have a favorable opinion of congress state why with facts not just that they are "entitled white douche bags"). If you are wanting someone's opinion to change you will attract more ants with honey than you will with vinegar... Basically Don't tell me that I am stupid to try to get me to change to my opinion, that is a easy way for me to stick even more to mine.

So, no I do not have a great opinion of purple but I can still have a good opinion of you if you do. I hope that moderately made sense; respect is the main topic of what I was trying to express with this I guess.

* As a disclaimer this is in regaurds to public matters.. No matter the circumstance do not give your opinion on parenting, relationships or anything that's a private matter. In these cases keep in mind that although you may have an opinion keep it to yourself, it's usually unwanted.