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They say,
'You don't know best.'
'What you think isn't the only way to think.'
'You aren't the only one.'
'You're wrong.'
'Stop thinking that you're the only one who understands anything.'
'Shut up.'
'What do you think you are?'

When I state my opinion, why do they act like I'm choking them with my bare hands?

Opinions are derived from facts, if you knew what I do- you might agree with me.

When I tell someone that they are wrong, I state the reason clearly, concisely, and hopefully without undue emotion.

Then they tell me that I am wrong.

Why? I ask.

"Because you can't be right. You can't be right every time."

...I know I can't, but that is not a valid reason...

"I am what I am. You have no right to change me!"

You won't even allow me to contest a half-baked thought without considering it an attack on your very being?! Don't argue if your chosen currency is pride, not reason!

I refuse to believe that man is incapable of gaining a deeper understanding of the world than what comes naturally. I refuse to believe that you can't change, within the boundaries of what defines you as a person.

So when you say-
"You're wrong.
You don't know everything.
You don't know anything."

I say-

"Prove it."

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