[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Tozzie

people should be allowed to think what they like but in this day and age we are all being conditioned to think the same way and to accept everything and if you don't then people are made to feel as though they are a bad person. Personally I don't think that is right. Having a view other than the view that todays society thinks you should have does not make one a bad person. We are not allowing people to exercise their right to have a point of view for fear of being 'shot down' so most people who don't conform to todays society will keep their mouths shut. For us all to think the same way would mean we are brainwashed and conditioned. This world is full of offended people these days and personally I think its bloody ridiculous.

Anyone is entitled to believe that skin colour, sexuality and gender determines a person worth and anyone is entitled to take issue with that view. Having those kinds of views does make someone a bad person though because they are choosing to think of people as lesser human beings based not on merit but circumstances of birth, they're entitled to think that way but that doesn't make them any less of a ****ty human being.

I often find people who claim they are being shut down simply don't have the conviction to stand by their own views because not everyone universally agrees with them and praises them for having those views. They want freedom of speech to be a shield to protect them from alternate views to their own or criticism but that's not how it works.

People are as entitled to their offence as you are to say what you want. Nobody is saying you can't believe what you want to believe but ALL opinions come with consequences, if you can't handle criticism and see it as a way to shut people down then it's obvious you don't either understand what freedom of speech or you believe that not everyone is entitled to it.

If all it takes to shut down an opinion is criticism then people who feel that way must have no faith in their own thoughts and views.