I like doing things for myself. I cook, I clean, I think. I also like having my own opinions. What I don't like is when people start shoving their opinions down my throat. I can make up my own mind and I have been known to change my opinion from time to time. What I don't need is an overzealous activist screaming his or her opinion in my ear trying to get me to change my mind.
Pro-choice and anti-abortionists, democrats and republicans, anti-drugs and pro medical marijuana, nuclear family and gay marriages. I believe that everybody has a cause that is near and dear to their heart. I understand that, I have my own. I understand that this is the very foundation under which America was built. These are our freedoms. What is NOT part of this foundation is having people encroach on my right to think and speak freely by forcefeeding me their version of what is right.
I am an intelligent, free-thinking human being capable of formulating an opinion based on thought, study and an open-mindedness. Innundated me with your personal rhetoric and I'd rather listen to your opponent and base my beliefs on what they have to say, right or wrong, just to spite you.
If you want to convince me, argue your point, show me evidence, prove the opponent wrong on the important points. Don't yell, don't force it on me. Make me WANT to listen...don't make me HAVE to listen. The moment I have to do something I'm going to do my best not to do it unless absolutely necessary.
Ain't it funny?
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