Question of the week:
does being tolerant of others also include tolerating intolerant people?
discuss.
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Lance Corrimal
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07-20-2009 00:59
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Marianne McCann
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07-20-2009 01:04
does being tolerant of others also include tolerating intolerant people? Not necessarily, though I find that I tend to mostly ignore those who are intolerant, rather than become intolerant of them. Life's too short. Mind you, if we're talking about people who are taking it to greater levels, such as in Darfur or other, similar situations... that's different. The sort of stuff that comes up 'round SL by and large? Eh, there's more important things in the world. _____________________
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Pserendipity Daniels
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07-20-2009 01:29
Question of the week: does being tolerant of others also include tolerating intolerant people? discuss. The way you have framed the question the only answer is yes.  Pep (Perhaps you should think more before asking such questions?  )eg change "does" for "should". _____________________
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Eve Drechsler
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07-20-2009 01:36
And if you change 'does' for 'should' then the answer, for me, is definitely not. I'm not patient enough for starters.
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Alazarin Mondrian
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07-20-2009 01:42
Question of the week: does being tolerant of others also include tolerating intolerant people? discuss. No. Next question. _____________________
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Pserendipity Daniels
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07-20-2009 01:59
And if you change 'does' for 'should' then the answer, for me, is definitely not. I'm not patient enough for starters. I agree; this tolerance thing is seriously over-rated.  Pep ("If you can't say anything nice, then say the truth". )_____________________
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Eve Drechsler
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07-20-2009 02:09
I prefer the truth over 'nice' every time
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Chris Norse
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07-20-2009 02:19
Why not phrase your question as "Should we all be sheep baaing the same tune?"
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Pserendipity Daniels
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07-20-2009 02:20
I prefer the truth over 'nice' every time Don't visit the Undying Thread then!  Pep ("If you can't say anything nice, say "me too" anyway". )_____________________
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Deira Llanfair
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07-20-2009 02:35
Don't visit the Undying Thread then! Pep ("If you can't say anything nice, say "me too" anyway". )Me too, anyway. _____________________
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Nic Writer
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07-20-2009 04:35
Speaking strictly philosophically, the correct action is to tolerate the intolerant person (to the greatest extent possible) while calling them on their intolerant behavior.
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RockAndRoll Michigan
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07-20-2009 04:49
Question of the week: does being tolerant of others also include tolerating intolerant people? discuss. Only one possible answer to this. Tolerance demands that you tolerate the intolerant person, while absolutely not under any circumstances tolerating their intolerant attitudes that make them the intolerant person in the first place. |
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Eve Drechsler
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07-20-2009 05:32
Only one possible answer to this. Tolerance demands that you tolerate the intolerant person, while absolutely not under any circumstances tolerating their intolerant attitudes that make them the intolerant person in the first place. I might use this as a oral challenge at my next party when everyone has had a few |
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Rioko Bamaisin
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07-20-2009 05:48
Why not phrase your question as "Should we all be sheep baaing the same tune?" This. Baaaaa _____________________
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Void Singer
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07-20-2009 06:01
philosophically yes, realistically, not when it infringes on another persons ability to access/use public spaces.
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Pserendipity Daniels
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07-20-2009 06:02
Only one possible answer to this. Tolerance demands that you tolerate the intolerant person, while absolutely not under any circumstances tolerating their intolerant attitudes that make them the intolerant person in the first place. "How can we know the dancer from the dance?" - Yeats  Pep (Or is it "Are we human or are we dancer?" - The Killers?  )_____________________
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Petronilla Whitfield
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07-20-2009 06:13
Yes, I think it should. I believe that intolerant people deserve the same kindness as anybody else because, after all, we are all flawed in some way. Tolerance of behavior that harms others is another matter entirely. I think that we all have the duty to speak up against harmful behavior no matter if the actor is a basically tolerant person or an intolerant person. And no, I don't always live up to this ideal. But being imperfect is part of our shared humanity.
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3Ring Binder
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07-20-2009 06:21
tolerance i don't have it. |
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Imnotgoing Sideways
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07-20-2009 06:29
I will tolerate an intolerant person. But, I believe I'm allowed to consider their behaviour intolerable and act accordingly. (^_^)y
The real question is; who's willing to tolerate Immy? =^-^= _____________________
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Pie Psaltery
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07-20-2009 06:38
If you cannot be tolerant of intolerant people, you yourself are intolerant and therefore should not be tolerated.
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Nina Stepford
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07-20-2009 06:38
it depends how popular they are.
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Void Singer
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07-20-2009 06:51
I will tolerate an intolerant person. But, I believe I'm allowed to consider their behaviour intolerable and act accordingly. (^_^)y The real question is; who's willing to tolerate Immy? =^-^= I am! _____________________
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Lindal Kidd
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07-20-2009 06:59
/me's heads hurt.
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Tex Nasworthy
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07-20-2009 06:59
In theory, yes, of course. In practice that is another issue.
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Nina Stepford
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07-20-2009 07:10
i believe it is because the option of voicing an intolerance for an intolerant person slides on a scale of diminishing returns.
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