Some say opinions are like noses, everyone has one—and that is a fact. However, the assumption that each and every opinion ought to be respected is not true and my many years of writing for Ghanaians has taught me that this is the sort of misconception a huge number of Ghanaians have bought into…
Being entitled to an opinion is far different from having your opinion respected. It’s only those with no sense of reason who would assert that every opinion expressed ought to be respected and I will indicate why I am saying this in the following paragraphs.
The truth is, certain opinions ought to be TRASHED—be thrown into the trash can because that is where they belong. Yet, I keep bumping into several Ghanaians arguing that; respect every opinion—irrespective of the details and no matter how absurd these opinions are…
To these Ghanaians (and you can find some of these arguments under this article), even if a person is of the opinion that women are lesser human beings who deserve to be chained or abused by men, we have to respect such an opinion.
The above stated opinion should not be tolerated, in fact, a conscious effort must be made to displace it and push the one holding on this to understand that, such opinions have no place in today’s world.