[Coyoteman]

in the hope that as American citizens we all have a right to hear and to be heard

Of course you have the right to speak. We also have the right to laugh uproariously at what you say, and to disparage your comments if we so choose. (Some choose to be a little more pointed in their rebuttals.)

[Baraonda]

You are, of course, entitled to your opinion and that does not make you a bad person, only a naive one. Moreover, not all opinions are worthy of respect.