People have always been opinionated. That's just the way human nature works.
If we all shared the same opinion then there would be no diversity and that would make for a very boring planet.
For as long as I can remember, it's always been this way.
I have my own thoughts and opinions, and you have your own thoughts and opinions as well.
However, lately I've noticed something that I'm quite certain is different than how it used to be.
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Lately everyone is convinced that their opinion is fact.
It seemed like there was a time when people were allowed to have their own opinion and no one would argue about it.
The opinion in question might be something simple like pizza is good or salads are boring.
It might even be something complex like pets should never be left outside.
I think it has a lot to do with political correctness.
There's a line through which, at some point, someone says this is wrong. That's because it's wrong for you but it may not be wrong for everyone else.
Eating meat is wrong.
I don't want to offend any vegetarians but that is an opinion and the rest of the world is allowed to disagree with you.
I don't know when this planet became a place where no one was allowed to disagree with each other.
We've all got our own opinions, and we've all got our own ideas about what is right and what is wrong.
Let's not fool ourselves into thinking that our opinion, as great as it might be, is a fact.
Opinions are opinions. We're all allowed to have them.