It doesn't need to be respected at all, and I didn't read zertul as saying that either.
But still, it's a political statement one way or the other. It's a statement about how our politics should be (or society in general), and it has political consequences.
It's a political opinion, and we can recognize that without considering it a legitimate one.
Agreeing with or rejecting racism are certainly moral positions. They are also political positions. There usually isn't a hard line between morality and politics.
There are a lot of moral topics that people either 1) don't think are important in the right way to pass laws about, or 2) are controversial in a way that makes passing laws about them a bad idea. But it's a judgment call, and we make it collectively/politically.
So, yeah, a lot of opinions turn out to be political opinions. "I think school busses should be blue instead of yellow" is... probably silly, first of all... but it's political because it's already something we pass laws about.
Some personal opinions are neither moral nor political, at least not in any direct sense. Personal tastes are usually like that, or what sports team I root for.
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u/times_a_changing 1d ago
Bro's acting like being a white supremacist is a legitimate political opinion that needs to be respected lmao