Personal opinions are controversial if they are expressed without reservation. Best friends and close family members can be seperated because of opinions. It shouldn’t be that way, but we each have a desire for other people to agree with us, or at the very least, not express their disagreement.
I don’t want to clog up my family & friends website with politics, philosophy and such. That is supposed to be safe ground, and I don’t want to alienate people who may not have the time or inclination to understand my opinions before they form soured opinions of me.
I expect my thoughts here to be honest and challenging. I encourage healthy disagreement. I will try my best to listen to dissent with respect - if it is reciprocated.