>Then people just shouldn't say what's on their minds? Well, there's "shouldn't because someone said so" and "shouldn't because it's counterproductive." So may

>Then people just shouldn't say what's on their minds? Well, there's "shouldn't because someone said so" and "shouldn't because it's counterproductive." So maybe not? >Suppressing opinions doesn't get rid of them Refraining from expressing them certainly helps prevent them from spreading; there are a lot of opinions about women, blacks, etc. that I would have never formed on my own if I hadn't heard them all the time from my father while I was growing up. One of the things that helped me to grow out of those opinions was simply to not repeat them, _especially_ if I was around people who might have reinforced the opinions by agreeing with them or "defending my right to have them".