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Some people remain unconvinced that man walked on the moon in 1969 or that Lee Harvey Oswald was responsible for the assassination of JFK.

My opinion on these topics is irrelevant. What is important is that I have the right and opportunity to examine the available information and make up my own mind, Heaven help us if we are willing to blindly believe all we are told by whomever without using the brains God gave us to think, reason, and question.

I think mushrooms are gross. I may put up a sign that says so. How others will feel about my sign and whether mushrooms are truly gross or not is irrelevant to the fact that it is my right to make up my own mind about mushrooms and express my opinions about them. I am concerned that many people fail to realize just how rare and remarkable the freedom to express one’s views without fear of punishment is, whether the subject matter is as trivial as mushrooms or as weighty as the validity of a presidential…

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