When did we become a society where everybody’s feelings dictate what everybody else can say, think, or believe? Somewhere along the way, being offended became the same thing as being wronged, and now we’re expected to apologize every time somebody doesn’t like our opinion.
I’ve developed a few opinions over the years! Some have changed, some haven’t, and I’m certainly not changing them just because somebody gets their feelings hurt. I’m not saying we should go around being assholes to people, but there’s a big difference between being cruel and simply disagreeing.
I can disagree with your politics, parenting, beliefs, or lifestyle without hating you. And just because I don’t agree with you doesn’t mean I don’t understand you. Maybe I understand perfectly well and still think you’re full of crap!
After raising four children and spending 34 years in childcare, I’ve learned you cannot make everybody happy. Somebody will always disagree, and somebody will always get their feelings hurt. But their feelings don’t automatically make them right, any more than mine make me right.
You have every right to challenge my opinions, just like I have every right to challenge yours. That’s how freedom works. It doesn’t mean we all have to agree.
You have every right to be offended by what I say. You just don’t have the right to decide I’m not allowed to say it. And if that offends you, I guess we’ve just proved my point!
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