I Should Have Kept My Mouth Shut

There are times you should just keep your mouth shut. When your opinions/back log regarding certain things perhaps should not be said. But there is a part of me that thinks that the reactions to ones opinions are just as important. So though a part of me wants to take back thoughts I had, the other thinks it is better that differences are brought to light. I'm feeling solid in my expectations and I don't think I should apologize for that; however, I think I may have gone about it in the wrong way. I'm torn, what should my next move be? Am I a chess piece or is this checkers?