Opinions are not Equal

Saw this today on Rush Limbaugh’s site and thought he expressed it so well, I wanted to share.

I don’t fall in the PC trap that every opinion has validity. It doesn’t. Opinions which are wrong are worthless. And just because you might be wrong with your opinion and you are human and you have feelings and shouldn’t be insulted, if you’re wrong, you’re wrong, and I’m not afraid to tell anybody they’re wrong. I’m not afraid to tell myself I’m wrong. It doesn’t happen much, that’s why, but you’re never going to be properly educated unless you eventually tell yourself you’re wrong. “My opinion counts just as much as –” no, it doesn’t if it’s wrong. “Yes, it does Mr. Limbaugh, my opinion is valid. I think I have a brain and my opinion –” If you’re wrong, you’re wrong.                        ~Rush Limbaugh, December 10, 2009

I will add that I believe everyone has the right to hold an opinion, valid or not,and while I don’t think you should be afraid to tell someone they are wrong, I also think that it’s mostly unnecessary — futile, even —  to go around trying to straighten people out.  Freedom guarantees us the right to hold whatever opinions we desire. If our thoughts and opinions are foolish, and we act upon them in foolish ways, we will pay the price. Rush, however, is an entertainer and an educator and the whole point of his show is to express his opinion. If you don’t like it you don’t have to listen. But I did think his point that all opinions are not equal was dead on.

0 thoughts on “Opinions are not Equal

  1. Ben Hoffman

    The problem with Rush is, more often than not, his opinions are based on lies. It’s one thing to have a different opinion than someone, but when you lie to support your opinion, that’s just wrong.

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    1. karenhancock

      See, Ben, I don’t think he’s lying. I think the liars are, sadly, our current President, Tiger Woods, AlGore, the CRU guys, CNN, MSNBC, CBS and much of the media. While some are clearly doing it deliberately, it’s possible others might really believe what they say. In any case, this disagreement feeds right into my next post on Confirmation Bias and the way different people can look at the same set of data or events and come to radically different conclusions. It all depends on our worldview. But thanks for stopping by.

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