RE: Is tolerance intolerant?
December 10, 2018 at 5:39 pm
(This post was last modified: December 10, 2018 at 5:41 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
Tolerance always struck me as somewhat condescending. For example, if I say I tolerate your religious beliefs, it almost sounds as if I'm treating you like a puppy that made a mess on the carpet. People deserve better.
As opposed to tolerant, I'm actually indifferent to a lot of things - religious belief, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender identity, and so on. This is because these things make no difference to me. If Jim is a good person, he is so irrespective of where he's from or what he believes or who he sleeps with. I'm much more concerned with what Jim does than what he is (a touchstone I like to use is if your dinner companion is nice to you but rude to the waiter, your companion is not a good person).
I see you used the phrase 'respecting the sacredness of other peoples' beliefs'. No offense, but I don't respect your beliefs (and I certainly don't think they are sacred or sacrosanct) - I find them abysmally absurd. But your right to hold those beliefs is beyond question.
Boru
As opposed to tolerant, I'm actually indifferent to a lot of things - religious belief, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender identity, and so on. This is because these things make no difference to me. If Jim is a good person, he is so irrespective of where he's from or what he believes or who he sleeps with. I'm much more concerned with what Jim does than what he is (a touchstone I like to use is if your dinner companion is nice to you but rude to the waiter, your companion is not a good person).
I see you used the phrase 'respecting the sacredness of other peoples' beliefs'. No offense, but I don't respect your beliefs (and I certainly don't think they are sacred or sacrosanct) - I find them abysmally absurd. But your right to hold those beliefs is beyond question.
Boru
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