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comment by NikolaiFyodorov
NikolaiFyodorov  ·  3911 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "No, you're not entitled to your opinion."

I think the choice of title for this article is largely rhetorical. Stoke's purpose was simply to underscore the point that opinions in his class are worth nothing unless you can defend them.

It's worth mentioning, also, that the editors of The Conversation tend to decide what title the article will receive, rather than the author.





b_b  ·  3911 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I see. Thanks for clarifying. It's a huge pet peeve of mine when the two are used interchangeably when really they aren't qualitatively similar.

thenewgreen  ·  3911 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Stoke's purpose was simply to underscore the point that opinions in his class are worth nothing unless you can defend them.
that was my take as well.