Perhaps you misunderstand me. This is all I am saying, what I bolded from you above. I never said to be silent. I never said not to discuss or debate (soundly and with passion.)
Hopefully, they will respect you enough back to at least LISTEN to your differing beliefs you as you listen to them. That BOTH of you will be allowed to have your own separate beliefs.
BUT, there is a big difference is discussing and debating with respect for the other person and respecting his right to his beliefs vs. vilifying and crucifying the person and obliterating them. That seems to be the big trend in social media and the Internet as people hide behind their keyboards.
We have two museums here in L.A. & NYC called the Museum of TOLERANCE. A word I said in my previous post. They are about the Jewish Holocaust. When I first heard about them being built, I asked, "Why are they called museums of
tolerance and not about
acceptance. Shouldn't they be teaching acceptance?
I'll never forget what was said to me: "Acceptance would be the ideal, and in an ideal world that would happen. But in
this world, at the very
least, and sometimes the very most, all we can hope for is for TOLERANCE of each other.
tol·er·ate
/ˈtäləˌrāt/
verb
tolerate
1.
allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one does not necessarily like or agree with) without interference.
"a regime unwilling to tolerate dissent" [what an apropos example]
tol·er·ance
ˈtäl(ə)rəns/
noun
noun:
tolerance
1.
the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.
Kind of interesting and apropos that this discussion comes up on Martin Luther King Day.
That statement smacks of superiority and judgement. Who are YOU to say you are superior an smarter? Playing Devil's advocate here, I'll bet they think the same thing of you and your beliefs.
That YOU are the ignorant one. Do you feel they have a right to try to get you to get rid of your beliefs because YOU are the wrong and ignorant one?
You can try to push your beliefs on them. But, you'd be just as wrong s them pushing and trying to obliterate your beliefs or crucify you for having them.
And as for aging, sometimes, that just makes people older, not necessarily wiser.
And he definitely strikes as the type who would listen little Juan.
And realized they were ignorant. That is just a fact. And if you think me calling something ignorant makes me think I'm superior, well so be it. And of course anyone is free to think the same of me in my personal life or here. 
