So, You Think You're Tolerant?

The Coach's Team ^ | 7/16/18 | Dave Rubin

[Oldpuppymax]

Tolerance--a word we hear a lot these days--is “the ability to live with people whose opinions and behavior you don’t agree with.” That’s essentially how Oxford defines it, how Merriam-Webster defines it and how we, as a society, have always defined it.

You may favor the death penalty while your cousin is against it. Your dad might have voted for Trump, your mom for Clinton and your brother may not have voted at all.

Whatever differences we have, tolerating the opinions of another is a prerequisite to a functioning and free society.

America itself was built on a foundation of tolerance. The Declaration of Independence guarantees us life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But there’s an implicit contract there: To have your life, your liberty and your pursuit of happiness, you must be tolerant of another individual’s life, liberty and their pursuit of happiness.

But this contract seems to be breaking down.

According to the mainstream media, only one side is living up to this ‘agreement:’ the left. The ‘right,’ “…is intolerant of everyone... except those darned white, heterosexual, Christian males.”

There’s only one problem. It’s just not true. Incredibly, the left isn’t even tolerant of the very people they say they’re tolerant of!

If you’re gay, black or an immigrant and not in lockstep with current leftist orthodoxy, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

If you believe we should judge people on the content of their character and not the color of their skin, the left calls you “racist.” If you believe that America is a nation of immigrants, but that our country should also protect its borders, the left calls you a “xenophobe.” If you believe that men and women are equal but fundamentally different...

[ml/nj]

ML/NJ

[GOPJ]

Incredibly, the left isn’t even tolerant of the very people they say they’re tolerant of! If you’re gay, black or an immigrant and not in lockstep with current leftist orthodoxy, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

Truth.

[Carriage Hill]

Yeah, I’, ‘tolerant’...

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[YogicCowboy]

Herbert Marcuse 101. All by design.