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21/04/2015 10:07:01
 
 
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Politics
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Title:
Miscellaneous
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01618658
Message ID:
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>>>Personally, I do not think that this is very tolerant.
>
>By definition, if I say that I'm more tolerant than someone, I'm intolerant in that context.

Here's my measuring stick for tolerance - and I'll use the recent example of Memories Pizza in Indiana. This, in microcosm, is the quintessential hypocrisy of those who boast a little too loudly about being tolerant.

There is a potential "right to be wrong". I might think that a pizza place would be wrong if they refused to cater an LGBT wedding (I actually don't think they'd necessarily be wrong, but let's suppose I think they're wrong). I should show some level of respect that they have a right to be wrong, where that level is commensurate with the gravity of the topic. The reactions to Memories Pizza (including criminal reactions) are some of the worst and ugliest reactions I've seen - all because some report decided to bait the pizza shop with a theoretical question - and they are being done in the name of "tolerance".

Now, if we're talking about a doctor refusing to treat a person, that's a far different story.
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