All opinions are equal

As to my opponents first point about having the right to voice one's opinion is completely irrelevant to the validity of the opinion. Whether you hold an opinion privately or publicly doesn't matter, and in a country where people aren't allowed to express their opinions people could have great opinions but just not be able to display them. An example of this is World War Two Hitler committed genocide against Jews. Does this mean that Jews have less valid opinions simply because they weren't allowed to speak them? Another example is women's right before women had equal rights they were considered inferior. Does this mean that women didn't have equal opinions to men? The fact of whether a person is allowed to express an opinion doesn't matter as they could still hold that belief, and it could be completely valid. Secondly as to experience, I believe that people with less experience could hold at least as good ideas or opinions. They need to collaborate with the people who have experience to make the best idea possible. Where would society be today without Cultural Diffusion. If people didn't collaborate on ideas society wouldn't be doing nearly as well. Someone may be inexperienced and have a great idea which they could share. Even if an idea is considered invalid at first there may be a different side to it which is valid. If everyone had the same opinion then there would be no culture or diversity in ideas. What would the world be like if we said a religion was invalid like Hitler did and extinguished that religion? The world wouldn't be nearly as diverse and would be a less good place to live in. Someone could have a brilliant medical idea that a doctor had never thought of. Albert Einstein didn't receive much education. However is my opponent implying that Einstein's opinions were less valid because he didn't receive that formal education? If education were all that mattered, Einstein's opinions wouldn't have been considered valuable when they actually changed the way we think about physics today. Finally let's use someone saying the earth is flat as our example. Let's say someone said that even though it is commonly considered by society that the earth is round. That opinion is still valid and important. Ideas that are different to what the main society thinks are essential. In this example it should still be considered as it helps create diversity which can change other opinions in the future and help forward our society as a whole. Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates were all thinkers who thought differently to the rest of society. These people took risks and tried something new to help improve society. If they had been disregarded because of what the rest of society thought, then we would be in a much worse position today. Every opinion must closely be considered. Even if it is not commonly accepted by society, there is still a chance that there may be some element of truth. Even if there is a well known fact, different opinions help create diversity, and we need reconsider the fact because there may be an element of truth which is why every opinion is equal and no opinions can be ignored. Overall all opinions are equal and need to be considered. Education didn't matter with Einstein. What society thought didn't effect many of the most successful people of today. Another example of were education didn't matter was Winston Churchill for one of the best Prime Ministers ever, and he did terribly at school. He guided the people through one of the toughest times in history, and his education didn't matter as he had a completely valid and essential opinion. The most educated people aren't always the best choices as leaders, and sometimes the uneducated can have equal opinions to the most educated people. Overall all opinions should be considered equal, and all of the opinions matter. The following quote shows how opinions are important and how they can help each other. This quote shows how by collaborating and hearing others opinions and talking about opinions can help advance society. "For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise" (Benjamin Franklin). Overall all opinions are equal, and a variety of opinions is an essential part of our society.