It doesn't mean that your opinions mean less. What it does mean is that nobody else's opinion means any less than yours and you don't have a right to dictate whether or not someone can wear a mask at a protest. I knew you were a white heterosexual male from the middle class because your posts just reek of white male privilege. I know people such as yourself have a hard time not getting defensive when you get called on it but honestly, your privilege is showing. As for the wealthy "deserving" that wealth. All I have to say is L oh fucking L. Nobel prize winning economist and all around genius Herbert Simon said that 90% of all created wealth is the result of SOCIAL CAPITAL. He basically said that charging a 90% tax rate would be morally fair because 90% of all wealth created is a byproduct of social capital (ie. entrepreneurs/capitalists benefit from our taxes, the system, and other people every step of the way). They do not deserve that kind of obscene wealth any more than a child deserves to be born with fetal alcohol syndrome or a young adult deserves to be robbed of the ability to get an education because his life circumstance didn't afford him the same privilege as you. Honestly, I know it can be hard when you've been indoctrinated and conditioned since birth but if you actually dig beneath the surface you might start to understand why many people disagree with you.