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Originally posted by Yorick:
TRUE TOLERANCE TOLERATES INTOLERANCE. If you cannot tolerate intolerant people, beliefs or religions, you are not truly tolerant.
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Incorrect. This is a line often used to dodge the many issues of intolerance. It is a phallacy of half-logic that implies doing nothing (tolerating) in the face of intolerance is somehow the moral high road to take. It is simply wrong. It is an excellent excuse to make if you are against giving basic equal rights to Gays, for example, and want to deflect critism away from yourself.No matter how often this errant line is repeated, it does not excuse intolerance and following this 'advice' will never bring an end to intolerance.
True tolerance stands up against intolerance, speaks out against intolerance, but does not fall prey to the hate and fear spread by those who do practice intolerance. True tolerance counters hate with Love and lies with Truth. True tolerance does not tolerate intolerance at all.
After all when good people do nothing in the face of evil, evil does flourish.
[ 04-03-2004, 12:17 AM: Message edited by: Chewbacca ]