Talk:I'm entitled to my opinion/Archives/2016

Potential Sub topic of red herring?

The very low amount of information as well as its literal statement "The statement exemplifies a red herring" makes it seem like this should be a section in the red herring article. It also would make more sense because of the seemingly over specific title which gives no formal name to the fallacy.

Assertion as true or false?

Does the article make any distinction between this defense being used to guard a belief or an opinion? The fallacy as stated is a reason not to justify why the opinion is true or false. But as a value judgment an opinion cannot be true or false. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.51.186.129 (talk) 18:50, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

A value judgement or opinion can be considered "false" at least in some circles depending on how you use it. In most cases though an opinion is a statement relative towards one's own inclination, bias, or beliefs ex. "I don't like larry". Sometimes it is less vague "I dont like larry because I don't trust him." A particular instance is when an opinion is ill informed. If one were to say "I don't trust Larry because he stole my china" and there is little chance that larry did anything of the sort, the opinion would probably be ill informed. If Larry had been dead for the last 16 years and the china plates were broken by your aunt 3 weeks ago then your opinion would probably be wrong. The point of the fallacy "I'm entitled to my opinion," at least as I've seen it, is that someone is defending a belief. In order to protect it, they use the defense that there is no particular law or edict that does not entitle them to their probably biased or ill-informed ideas. Should this be about a trivial matter like color of bedsheets "I'm entitled to my opinion" is arguably fine because of few repercussions. Should this be about using fiberglass insulation for your children's bedsheets "I'm entitled to my opinion" is fallacious and irresponsible. Dabrams13 (talk) 20:21, 28 July 2016 (UTC)