Concerning Opinions...

"When will actors and singers realize that NOBODY cares what they think."

Don't get me wrong, I agree that there are celebrities and people in general who - at times -end up sounding like arses because of what they think they believe, but my concern is whether or not we will get to a point in our society when we just haphazardly dismiss someone's opinion (researched or otherwise) because it either doesn't matter, or they're not experts.

When will this end up being applied to anyone who is not a credentialed expert or, according to person A, just "doesn't matter"? It comes eerily close to being able to be compared with, in my opinion, the ideas of some of the more notable world leaders who have claimed "Our country first." Which, in some cases led to "Our race first," then, "My chosen people first," and so on so forth. It's a cause for concern.

In a democracy where the right to speak your mind is a foundation, and the free flow of information and ideas is paramount, it is crucial to have everyone's opinion, stupid or lucid - every opinion should count.

It is comments where (and yes, they've the right to speak their mind) the above person apparently does not measure the worth and veracity of the original commentators statements and dismisses it - that causes me to worry.

Should not all opinions, educated or otherwise, matter? It is apparent that there will be those with the intellect to realize that some opinions, through use of critical thinking and so on, are of great value, while others will fade. Those thoughts would then be looked at and possibly expanded on. We're a society that has it's filters, so to speak. In time, such thoughtless ideas will fade.

To me, the thought of people's opinions not mattering is scary. Was it not an opinion that set the original thirteen colonies on its monumental course to it's present state?

So, in conclusion, yes, sometimes people just do not think things through; however, aside from that happening, is there really any precedent that means that their opinion does not matter?

Every opinion should matter, no matter what.

~E