> Keep in mind the stress here is on the personal opinion - and not statement of fact. I wouldn't have taken issue with your comment if you had stated it that

> Keep in mind the stress here is on the personal opinion - and not statement of fact. I wouldn't have taken issue with your comment if you had stated it that way. The problem was with classifying it as wrong to challenge something simply because it's an opinion. Ridiculous objections and ridiculous requests are of course not deserving of a response, but that's not how you phrased it. A good example is this other reply to my comment: "Please explain, in detail, why you believe there should be a high barrier to entry for expressing opinions, how doing so would lead to anything but an impoverished marketplace of ideas" That is misleading because a reader will infer that I actually said either of those things. Anyone posting something like that should be prepared to justify or withdraw the comment.