These Words, Phrases, and Sayings Burn Us! -Part. III

The MHASWSCA list concludes:

7. Right to Your Own Opinion
This particular expression hails from the political arena and attempts to denote an unalienable right to possess an opinion. Here we have another curious saying that falls short of conveying anything of substance. We have a right to have a thought? We possess the right to think whatever we want? Who's attempting to police your mind anyway? How would they even access it since it cannot be known by anyone else but you and God? Only when thoughts are converted into words and are expressed either verbally or by pen can they be ascertained and at that moment they are immediately subject to Law. Hence, the practical reality of 'the right to one's opinion' is merely philosophical posturing that still may result in a sock to the jaw or jail time. We don't have the right to publicly spew whatever opinion we have on any subject.

What would we tell forty-five year old Freddy Freek when he says to us, "Ya know, I believe the true essence of all love and worthy affection are found in my choice of sexual relations with three year old girls. My highest happiness is found in those fantastic love bonds."? Would we honestly say to him, "Freddy, you have a right to your opinion." ? Some opinions are simply evil and as such deserve no light of day much less given the crowning of a 'right'.

8. My Bad
This is said when one makes a mistake or blunder or error of judgment. I really have no idea why adults would choose to sound like non-indigenous vistors to a new planet or infants in a Toys-R-Us commercial. My bad. Your good. Me like. You should.
Surely we can stretch our sentences from kindergarten to complex usage and resist the urge to speak like robotons.

9. Offensiveness
I was going to write about this topic but I suddenly became aware that I might offend someone who has a right to their opinion so I've decided in the name of tolerance to refrain. My bad.

10. Tolerance
It used to be that we used the term 'tolerate' in reference to things that were rudely wrong such as the noxious odor of a flatulent friend or Uncle Pete's drunken hi-jinx at the annual family picnic. However, the post-modern PC police have hi-jacked this word. The interesting part about this kidnapping is that they only seem to be able to tolerate those who agree with them and have a very low threshold of tolerance for those who are intolerant of them. Does this make them offensive?