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Originally Posted by The Familia
Ha. Very hypocritical. You state I'm allowed to have an opinion but then proceed to say mine is uneducated and misguided and your opinion rules. Whatever buddy. Enjoy your next family BBQ with him.
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Everyone's entitled to an opinion. Nobody once disputed that. There's nothing hypocritical here though.
However if said opinion is posted in public, it's also entitled to be scrutinized, and if it's uneducated or misguided it's more than entitled to be called out upon.
I used to have a very similar opinion of defense lawyers when I was younger and couldn't believe anyone but slime would enter the profession.
Thankfully people like MBates and Dion have presented a clear presentation from the other side that have made me change my opinion in the last couple decades. I'll openly admit my opinion was baseless and facts have very much swayed my opinion. One of the many positives of open discussion, especially on a forum such as CP where there's many more views than people I hang out with, since I tend to gravitate to people with similar stances on many subjects in real life.
I find it strange you anecdotally lambaste him, but refute the position of people that are close enough to him to judge his character, and then take the solid rebuttle of "Whatever, buddy". But you are certainly entitled to your opinion and I don't think anyone is trying to dispute that.