It ain't right.

Why should it matter what I think? I just happen to have opinions. I may say black is white. And white is black. And that offends some people. I may criticize Republicans. And praise Democrats. I may advocate socialism. And I may call for a revolution. So what? Actually, I like to voice unpopular views. To go against the grain. Hey, I'm not foisting my ways on anybody. They can take 'em or leave 'em. Like this blog. It's not required reading. One can choose to ignore it completely. I suppose it'd be different if I were in a position of power and authority. If I dictated the way other people must live. But I don't. I just get up in the public forum and mouth off, so to speak. Often, in writing. Because that's one of my favorite forms of expression. The written word is solid. It's there to read and read again. Often, it's misread. Which is all right, too. People are free to choose their own meaning. To be judgmental. And to be wrong. Heck, I'm probably wrong as often as I'm right. Yes, wrong in the opinion of others. But that's all right. It's perfectly permissable. We're all free. Free to think what we want to think. Yet, there are some people who would like to restrict thought. To put limits on thought. To police thought. Even to the point of executing people. Not for their actions. But for their thoughts. Now that's idiotic. And immoral. It ain't right. --Jim Broede