“You’re entitled to your own opinion”. A phrase used constantly in day-to-day interactions. This phrase is usually taken as something clear cut and true, however, what would happen if we paused for a moment and actually analyzed this phrase. Is it a correct statement?
To say someone is entitled to their own opinion means that they are at liberty of deriving for themselves their own understanding of something. This is almost always in relation to the particular topic within that conversation at that time. An example would be “I think this car is red”, “no I disagree, I think it is maroon” to which the first person will reply to their disagreement, “Well, you’re entitled to your own opinion” and then they will move on. The reason for using the statement is a way of compromising. This means that the person who is using the phrase wants to avoid a confrontation whether big or small. By saying this they are both able to move onto a different topic or confer the control of the topic to one of the person’s involved.
So, what does this mean? It means that the only piece of logic that this action is based on is the logic of compromise or avoidance. In its entirety the statement is not true, and never will be true. It does not solve any issues. In order to solve the issue, one would have to determine whether the car is red or maroon. If the person receiving the phrase is right, then the person who said it is simply wrong but cannot admit it or isn’t smart enough to know it. If the person saying the phrase is right, then he has simply abandoned the truth in favour of keeping the peace, a defeatist attitude. If the car was actually a different colour, say dark red, then neither were right, neither discovered the truth and neither will. Both will be wrong willingly.
Therefore, the statement itself is moronic. It either is or it isn’t. A more correct approach would be to discover what is right and true instead of running away from the problem. The only correct way to use this statement is to say; “you are entitled to the correct opinion”. But if confrontation does need to be avoided, which in the vast majority of day-to-day cases it doesn’t, then one can say; “let us solve this problem at another time”.
This phrase has become the ethos of the people, either their collective beliefs have led to this dogmatic response, or this response has fueled the growth of the related modern belief system. It is pure avoidance and is an incorrect statement. Grammatically it is only mostly wrong, as being entitled to form your opinion is slightly correct, as you can form an opinion. However, the use of it makes it completely moronic. How can you be entitled to be wrong? Why would anyone want to be? And yet people see this as a positive and nice statement? It’s like when girls tell a fat ugly girl that she’s beautiful (implying physical beauty), its just a horrid lie. How can a lie be considered lovely and nice? Is the ugly girl being tricked by this and believing them or is she getting gratification from this because of the pampering, knowing full well they are lying but avoiding it for selfish pleasure?
Its just twisted. We should not be lying to one another. If this continues how will we know what is real and what isn’t? Are the common concepts of today true? How can we know since we are all entitled to conflicting opinions? This phrase is a pseudo-religious dogma and must be removed from society. It is defended by broken hearted virtue signalers, who speak a bunch of words and catch phrases yet never actually say anything.
Don’t fall for this dogmatic and moronic phrase. Phrases are powerful, it doesn’t matter how smart one thinks they are, we are all susceptible to being influenced. Remove it from your vocabulary and never entertain it when others talk about it. You are entitled to the correct opinion. That may be yours, or it may be someone else’s. It doesn’t matter who is right, join the side of the one that is correct.
“The truth will set you free”.
Alex James.