Tuesday, January 07, 2020

Opinions and Facts: Emotion or Reasoning?


Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” --- Marcus Aurelius
Too often we … enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.” --- John F. Kennedy

Often we hear people say or read in a commentary on social media that a person has a right to their opinion. That is true. But the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States does not provide a right for someone's opinion that ignores the facts. Too many people are confused just what an opinion is.