Instead of advising on her qualifications to have opinions that other people are not qualified to have, as requested, Foxy continues to run off at the mouth with garbled nonsense that bears no relationship to her original post.

She says, "no matter what our opinions are
we'll never be able to make everyone
agree with them".

NB - "make" everyone agree. Reveals her dictatorial personality; and she certainly has failed to boss anyone into agreeing with her ghastly opinion on their rights to express opinions.

"Our opinions are important to us because they're ours.
And we seem to need to understand the reasons and
evidence of others before revising our own options
which are usually based on our own life experience."

So, what the hell has she been on about! No good asking her, of course.

"Opinions are subjective. (personal) and they are
relevant to our own lives and therefore we shouldn't
try to impose our opinions upon others".

Ya gotta laugh. She spends most of her time trying to impose her opinions on others. And she gets very snaky when she inevitably fails to do so.

"opinions are not facts and they shouldn't be mistaken
as such".

Everybody but she knew that right from the beginning. Will she be able to see what a waste of time this thread has been now that she has unravelled it herself? No.

What we think of as facts - is to make a claim that
it is true - and defending that claim may be harder
to defend because it can end up being wrong - despite
our honest commitment to genuine inquiry.

Therefor the right to hold an opinion is usually not
what's in dispute. Its whether one can provide a
justification to the content of the opinion.

The claim to "I have a right to my opinion"
in which a person attempts to reject objections to their
claim is usually a last ditch that attempts to rescue their
position by defending their right to hold an opinion no matter
how ill-founded or wrong that opinion might be.

As we can see this is a complex subject - and often is
not so easy to understand or argue.

We can only be responsible for what we say not for what others
understand. And we often don't always say what we mean - and it comes out wrong.

"And we often don't always say what we mean - and it comes out wrong".

Save that one for the men in white coats.

I mean this respectfully Foxy.

Do you know what you're also entitled to do?
Answer = 'You're also entitled to shut the hell up' -

Let's look at that.

Who the hell are you to say what limits should be placed on others rights to have an opinion ON ANY TOPIC?
Who the hell are you to even suggest that there should be limits?

What if I decreed 'Foxy MAY ONLY speak if she says what I believe'

Maybe you think I'm being hard on you?
Well, your poor logic impacts me and erodes my right to have a say;
- So I have to teach you a lesson.

You want to establish limits to what I can and can't say?
Right now, I'm choosing to recognise MY limits, by not swearing at you.

"feel they're entitled to disagree"
- They ARE entitled to disagree

You're inadvertently trying to push the idea that ONLY graduates in their particular specialised field are worthy of valid opinions to begin with.
- That unqualified people have no right to opinions at all.

Tell me what qualifications do you have for YOUR OPINION?
- That qualifies you to say I'm not allowed to have MY OPINION?

What have you got a diploma in, talking bs?

If you're telling me I'm not entitled to an opinion
(Always just assume I'm the one who disagrees every time)
- That I should instead just shut-up and stay silent;

Then I think YOU should just shut-up and stay silent yourself.

Answer - You see I'm not being hard on you AT ALL
- I'm just doing to you EXACTLY what YOU PROPOSED to do to me first.

You somehow assumed it was ok to deprive me of my right to an opinion.

Everyone's entitled to their own opinions;
- And opinions can be judged on a basis of their own merits.

Beyond that, the second you suggest that people aren't entitled to their own opinions, that's the exact second that you're no longer entitled to yours.

So respectfully,

SHUT THE HELL UP.

HI AC,

Please go back and re-read my posts in full.

You just may understand better what I was saying.

I am responsible for what I say not what you
understand.

cont'd ...

Hi AC,

Let me get this straight - you want me to
"shut the hell up" but you're entitled to
say what you like?

Okkaaay.