Tolerance has always had its limits.
The great conservative radio talk show pioneer Joe Pine used to snarl at annoying callers: “Aw, go gargle with razor blades” or
“Why don’t you stick your thumb in your ear and go bowling?”
Doesn’t that just take the giddy biscuit !
“Tolerance has always had its limits.”
Tolerance is a fixed pie. Nobody is more tolerant than anyone else. We tolerate different things is all.
According to legend Pyne tried to insult Frank Zappa by making a comment about his long hair, which went: “So I guess your long hair makes you a woman.”
Zappa then supposedly quipped back: “So, I guess your wooden leg makes you a table!”, referring to the fact that Pyne had lost a leg while serving with the U.S Marines during World War II.