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EVERYONE is entitled to their opinions and villainizing someone for theirs is not okay

Stop trying to make people feel like they are not.

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EVERYONE is entitled to their opinions and villainizing someone for theirs is not okay
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Too many times I've gone online and seen people post about about how Republicans are bad people or that if you voted for Donald Trump you must have bad morals or have made our country worse. Well I have news for you— when you do not respect other people's opinions, you are just as bad as the people you make Republicans out to be.

It really seems that we live in a world where if you don't agree with the left, then you're considered wrong, both by the media and the public. Or if you have an opinion that does not fit into the mold of the ideas of the Democrat party, people will attack how you feel. I'm tired of seeing people disrespect others outright and openly and liberal women finding every single small flaw about conservative women and blasting it out to the world. Unpopular opinion: Ivanka Trump is a classy lady who has every right to support her father's administration while still saying/showing she supports other women. She does not have to choose one or the other.

We are blessed enough to live in a country that we can speak freely in and hold opinions that are our own. Being able to share those thoughts and ideas is a beautiful thing— but it turns ugly in the 3 seconds it takes to write a rude comment back to someone. We should be debating our ideas with the use of logic and education instead of ganging up on others and shoving opinions in their face and acting like only one opinion is right. A lot of life is a gray area. It does not take effort to still be considerate when telling someone how you feel or when you explain why you feel your thinking is right.

You are not a bad person for agreeing with concepts and policies that the majority does not agree with or for being yourself when it comes to politics and life. You are not a bad person if you voted for President Trump, and you are not a bad person if you voted for Hillary Clinton. You are just a person with an opinion. And everyone is entitled to their own opinions. So stop trying to make people feel like they are not.

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