I’ve often heard the admonition that one shouldn’t worry about what other people think. And I always thought the saying was meant in terms of what they thought of me (duh!), or ourselves anyway.
After the 2024 election, it took me a month or so to
realize, it also applies to what people think about anything.
As I once concluded, completely unscientifically: there is
no single opinion that is held by every person in the world, because if they
did, it wouldn’t be an opinion, it would be a fact.
So why should it upset us so when people have different
opinions than ours, including for whom we vote.
Don’t worry about what other people think
(Postscript: Turns out I wrote something very similar 8-9 years ago: https://jmcvickar.blogspot.com/2016/01/go-ahead-and-try-me-tell-me-what-you.html I wonder how many other times I've done that.)
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