Are you still grieving? You are not alone.

[Aroura]

I agree that there are certain lines of thoughts that shouldn't be tolerated. Like if someone thinks it's ok to rape or kill or enslave people, for example. Obviously. But you will literally hardly ever find that in Western culture. Usually intolerance of thought is directed at someone who has a different religion or a different political opinion than yourself.

I typed this big long thing then decided not to post it.

We can all tolerate people who have a difference of political opinion.
It's when they disagree with facts that we struggle. Am I supposed to tolerate the opinion that global warming is a Hoax? That's not an opinion, it's a denial of scientific consensus. Am I supposed to entertain the opinion that Clinton is running a child porn ring out of a pizzeria, when that is 100% fiction? Am I to tolerate people who think there are millions of illegal voters, or that Trump is more honest than Clinton, when those are just outright lies?

It doesn't matter, of course, what we think about Clinton, now. But the facts are that intolerance comes on a sliding scale people aren't either kkk pro slavery anti suffrage, or else not bigots at all. The world is not that black and white, pun intended.

I remember about 2 years ago, an Asian lady I went to grade school with posted some stuff about white privilege and racismore. I read it and was deeply offended. I posted about it here on this forum. I'm white so I'm automatically racist, that's Stupid!
I fought that idea, hard. But while wrestling with I slowly realized that
A. That wasn't what she was saying.
B. I was a bit racist and didn't even realize it.

We all are. Tribalism is instinctual. It must be conciously fought against. But many don't want to accept that. Still, many do fight this fight, which is why we are a nation divided. Saying it is simply political or religious is a massive oversimplification.

The history of this massive division starts and ends with civil rights, which became a political issue, but is not inherently one. It's ideological, it's fundamental. And it's extremely complicated.