You are not entitled to your opinion

[ciphergoth]

• You Are Never Entitled to Your Opinion
  
• Sorry, but you are not entitled to your opinion
  
• Why You Are Not Entitled To Your Opinion

You are, I think, entitled to the right to hold and express any opinion without being shut down by the State for doing so; that is where the entitlement ends.

[Poll #1410915]
(edit: removed Harlan Ellison quote, which doesn't really express what I'm getting at here)

Comments

[andrewducker]

I'd say that the best response is something along the lines of
"You are, and when you share it, I am entitled to share mine."
or
"You are entitled to it, but if you want it to be taken seriously then you have to be able to back it up."

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Right, and these responses seem to point in the same direction as what I'm saying: that one who says "I'm entitled to my opinion" has left the path of wisdom.