entitled to my unoppinion

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tk5800
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11 Dec 2009, 6:31 am

we have heard it before, "you are entitled to your oppinion"

but, what if that oppinion was to kill puppies, or to kill of the monkeys, a person is only entitled to thier oppinion when it is mainstream, when its something drasticly different those people are shnned and told to STFU PLZ.

so are they entitled to thier oppinion, or should we not listen to the pro no pups movment?

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11 Dec 2009, 9:21 am

clearly, that person is deranged.

"but wouldn't the first amendment apply?"

yes and no. You can say what you like. It would be someone's responsibility (that of a therapist) to report him or her to a psychiatric institute in that they're obligated to report any talk of hurting ones self or others.

Opinions are more like, "red is the best color" or, "that joke is the funniest". I suppose someone's opinion is that that all dogs and cats should be eliminated but it's a very sick opinion in my opinion.

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11 Dec 2009, 10:13 am

You're entitled to hold your opinion. You are not entitled to be liked for it!

I believe in the mass slaughter of kittens, but that's another story.

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11 Dec 2009, 10:18 am

tk5800 wrote:

That's messed up. That's gotta be the gray area for when you can argue it to death and not respect it.

But anyway I would just think they're sick people and not argue it.

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11 Dec 2009, 3:59 pm

When someone says "You're entitled to your opinion", reply: "BLOW IT YOUR ASS!", or, "Yes, yes I am. You are too; in fact, everyone is."
Just like when people say "That's just your opinion.", the optimal response would be "Yes. Who else's would it be?". If stupidity like that was met with such rebuke, we wouldn't have people spouting crap like that.

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11 Dec 2009, 4:12 pm

Ambivalence wrote:

You're entitled to hold your opinion. You are not entitled to be liked for it!

Good point.

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15 Dec 2009, 4:09 am

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erm.... that person doesnt exist, thats just an example, take the nazi's, they can hold a rally because of free speech, but....see what i am getting at

also, i live in australia so we dont got no first ammendment, wish we did though

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15 Dec 2009, 6:33 pm

My opinion is tha red is the best colour. Somebody else might thing that green or blue is the best colour, and I also respect those opinions, as well.

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