Subjective claims convey one’s feelings or opinions and cannot be proven true or false. The information comes from one’s personal experience, values and mind. Subjective claims usually come from personal preference and beliefs. Even though subjective claims may involve facts, the information may not always be true. One of my good friends believes that rap music is better than country music and this is his subjective claim. We continuously have an ongoing battle about the two genres of music and can never come to an agreement or understanding on the matter. I thoroughly enjoy country music and listen to it everyday, but he cannot stand the sappy lyrics and the country-twang style. He believes that country music is too depressing and he does not see the point of wasting money on country concerts. In my defense, I subjectively claim that rap music is too provocative and only demoralizes many aspects of our society.
Objective claims can be true or false and are usually used when one is making a rational decision. They are unbiased claims and are not based off of one’s beliefs or personal preference. Public material is usually used from objective claims as well. My personal experience with an objective claim happened when my best friend and I were driving to a restaurant Downtown San Jose. She insisted on making a right, but I kept telling her that she was not allowed to because it was a one-way street and the traffic was coming towards us. She insisted on making a right once more before she looked up and saw that the sign said that it was a one-way street.