"The Right To Your Opinion"

Am I entitled to my opinion?  Are you entitled to your opinion? What does it mean, entitlement? As Dr. Preston states, entitlement is having one's own right be "that more important than any right someone else might have against it." Jaime Whyte goes on to say that it would be useful to know your rights and that we can all do better at it; however, knowing your rights will cause you to discover that you do not really have the rights you think you have.  How ones right to an opinion evokes a response in someone else. To clarify, not everyone will agree with each other on a subject, and someone ought to declare that they are entitled to their opinion. This only creates problems because by pointing out that one is entitled to their views, it only changes the subject from the original topic to a discussion about someones rights. It adds no new information to the matter at hand and gets nobody closer to answering the question that began the dispute in the first place. Nature works where people only want to hear what they want to to be true. So when faced with counterarguments and differing views, people never pause to wonder if they might be wrong after all. How are we suppose to know if we are right if we do not try and listen to others? What is the point of listening to others opinions if we do not try and understand? People have an obligation to listen to others, but just because you listen that does not mean you have to agree. Everyone has the right to share their thoughts, but you must always know it will contradict the beliefs of others. Someone's opinion may be wrong, but we must try and understand in order to know where that person is coming from. Moreover, the right to your opinion does not require me to agree or listen to you, but it is my obligation to stay open-minded and consider what you have to say.