‘You Have a Right to Your Opinion’
Do I have a right to my opinion that your opinion is stupid?
I’ve had enough.
Every election year, it happens. Suddenly, everyone starts checking their common sense at the door before making the most absurd pronouncements. A few months ago, we had to suffer through Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s ridiculous commencement speech at Benedictine College. He thinks the world would be a much better place (and America would truly be great again) if we could turn back the clock about 70 years.
Now with the announcement that Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has chosen Ohio senator and Hillbilly Elegy author JD Vance as his VP running mate, opinions, many of which are pretty asinine, are hitting us at warp speed. This past week, we got to re-experience Vance’s commentary about “childless cat ladies” in the Democratic Party determining our country’s future during a 2021 Fox interview with Tucker Carlson.
Note to JD: George Washington — the first U.S. President, who is considered to be the father of our country — never had children of his own. Neither did James Madison and James K. Polk, both of whom are considered among our greatest presidents. You don’t have to have children, or even want them, to care about the future, and having children doesn’t make…
