> I don't know why you feel the need to try to put me down for my opinion

I have not criticized any of your substantive views.

Only your unfair and unreasoned criticism of the essay writer's motives. Apparently due to unfamiliarity with normal language use.

They were not trying to dictate anything.

I also made the positive (non-critiquing) point that viewpoints are valuable, even when they don't match our situations at any given moment. They are rarely "right" or "wrong", in the way facts are.

A great deal of wisdom is accumulating many views that let us "see" different things in different ways.