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No, you're not entitled to your opinion

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"So what does it mean to be “entitled” to an opinion?

If “Everyone’s entitled to their opinion” just means no-one has the right to stop people thinking and saying whatever they want, then the statement is true, but fairly trivial. No one can stop you saying that vaccines cause autism, no matter how many times that claim has been disproven.

But if ‘entitled to an opinion’ means ‘entitled to have your views treated as serious candidates for the truth’ then it’s pretty clearly false. And this too is a distinction that tends to get blurred."

9:19 AM Oct 06 2012

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going to have to use this in my class

11:48 AM Oct 06 2012

Right On, well said!

8:09 PM Oct 06 2012

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