The Right to My Opinion is a very controversial writing in that many people become very defensive when it comes to what they think and whether it is right or wrong. Many people hate to face the fact of being wrong and wont admit that other people's ideas are good even if deep down they agree with them. This is not just a problem within our generation, this is a problem amongst the human race. As for this article, I believe that our opinion is not a right. Yes, but I also believe that we are allowed to say what we want. Whether we sound stupid or not depends on what we say and how we use our opinion. Although we are entitled to our own opinion we do not get to use that as a right to do something or enforce something upon others. Many people say something in which they believe, but when someone counteracts their argument they need to provide reasons for why they think what they think. In providing reasons, they must give specific examples and clear reasons so that the other person will maybe accept their view or find ways to again counteract it. The problem with this is many people use well "I'm entitled to my own opinion" as a reason to back up what they are saying. In reality this is doing nothing for them, but making them poorly lose the argument. Many people believe that since they have the right of the first amendment which is freedom of speech they can say and think what they want, which in a sense is true but how they use that amendment reflects the person that they are. In our debate many people I feel went out on a tangent and went a little too far. They focused on people doing what they want or saying whatever they want, but the laws come into play to limit this. What we need to focus on as a whole is being able to accept someone's opinion whether we agree or not, but also we need to work on changing our own opinion based on the reasoning of others. Although we don't want to accept being wrong, we must take others opinions into consideration and change ours to find the true meaning or get closer to the real meaning. For example, in class I got in an argument with Ephraim about driving and whether you would go to jail or not if a pedestrian ran out in front of your car. Now his opinion was that no matter what if you killed the pedestrian you would go to jail, but I strongly disagree with this. Yes you will go to court and be under investigation, but if you were going the speed limit, not texting, and obeying all the laws you will be found innocent and will not go to jail. We got in a heated argument about something that could have been solved very easily, if he would have kindly took a deep breath and listened to my point of the conversation. When he would not listen, nor agree to my opinion I became extremely irritated and defensive, which just shows how the human race reacts when someone does not agree with them. I am just as at fault as any other person because I too became aggressive when he did not listen or accept what I was saying. The more practice we get at seeing other's point of view and learning to listen and maybe accept it maybe not, the better off we will be when our opinion is wrong or not accepted by others. This is a learning experience for everyone, but keep in mind YOU NEED TO LEARN FROM IT!!
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