For example, you might be in a business meeting where you should be able to have input on a matter but one person keeps cutting you off.
Or say you’re with friends and you’re outlining your view on some topic and, though you’re able to get your view out there, someone else always responds with personal attacks.
I don’t see how “I’m entitled to my opinion” is a particularly optimal or meaningful response to these situations. What about “it’s unfair not to give me a chance to express my position” in the former situation, and “concluding I’m an asshole because I’m pro-X isn’t justified” in the latter?
Right, “opinion” is so overloaded with meaning that in order to determine if the use of “I’m entitle to my opinion” or “You are not entitled to your opinion” is virtuous, one should taboo “opinion”, and probably “entitled” as well, and express the thought in way that is specific to the situation, such as in your examples. And of course, having gone through the mental exercise of validating that what you say makes sense, you should give everyone else the benifet of this thought process and actually communicate the alternate form, so they also can tell if it is virtuous.
I don’t see how “I’m entitled to my opinion” is a particularly optimal or meaningful response to these situations. What about “it’s unfair not to give me a chance to express my position” in the former situation, and “concluding I’m an asshole because I’m pro-X isn’t justified” in the latter?
Right, “opinion” is so overloaded with meaning that in order to determine if the use of “I’m entitle to my opinion” or “You are not entitled to your opinion” is virtuous, one should taboo “opinion”, and probably “entitled” as well, and express the thought in way that is specific to the situation, such as in your examples. And of course, having gone through the mental exercise of validating that what you say makes sense, you should give everyone else the benifet of this thought process and actually communicate the alternate form, so they also can tell if it is virtuous.