freaking

Philippines
March 7, 2007 7:03pm CST
Why do we feel this way about other people when they express their opinions? Funny, each one of us has certain things we believe in. When someone else thinks differently, it's annoying as heck! Some things we believe in are so wrong, and yet we can't see it! If my parents taught me something, I heard their friends say the same; all my friends said it too!! WELL, IT MUST BE TRUE; that's what you brain tells you! What if my favorite SMART teacher told me a fact, IT JUST HAS TO BE true.
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• United States
8 Mar 07
I am known to be a stuborn person and tend to dig in my heels when I just ""KNOW i am right!however as I grow older i am learnig to just agree to dissagree with others !
• Australia
8 Mar 07
"If a million people believe in a stupid thing, it is still a stupid thing." I can't remember where that quote was from or even if I quoted it correctly word for word but the message comes across clear. You don't have to believe in something simply because it what everyone else is believing or telling you to believe. Make up your own mind. If you're unsure, research what it is and make an informed decision yourself. The worst thing ever is to take someones opinion of something and make it your own just on face value.
• United States
8 Mar 07
My saying is just because it is what I believe in or think about something doesn't mean everyone else has to agree. If someone thinks differently on things as I do I state what I think and respect what they think. To each his own!
@cabergren (1181)
• United States
8 Mar 07
My feeling is an opinion is just something that you think. That doesn't make it right or wrong, it is just what you think at the moment. Of course when we are younger we have very different opinions. As we get older I hope we get wiser but sometimes we don't.
@aries_0325 (3060)
• Philippines
8 Mar 07
I feel bad when I see other people argue and get up-set. I guess all I can hope for is people to TRY to be polite to others! I think back to my younger days about some things I truely believed; now I see how wrong I was about so many things! I guess, due to my youth, it never occured to me I MIGHT be wrong. I wish I could go back and appologise to those I insulted. Human nature I guess, the old wanting to keep the young from making the mistakes they made.