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It has been a little while now that this fledgling community has been around and it remains one of my favorite stories about communities. A splinter of a much larger community took it upon themselves to challenge the rest and make a move to a new home. Shedding the shackles that were being placed on them was a bold move, but one that has been fantastic.
The community here is great, but here is my question. Overall, we are amazingly tolerant of others, of the choices they make, and of their beliefs. I would then be curious, if we are such a tolerant group, how do we address intolerance in our ranks? I recently came across what I can only say filled me with pity and sadness. I find it saddening that in this day and age, and especially in this group, there are still such hate-filled people.
But this poses a question: how does a group that is tolerant deal with intolerance within it's ranks? Does our acceptance of others extend to accepting someone that has thoughts and beliefs which are far from the norm within this community, or is there a limit placed on how far from our own values a member of the community may be?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 13 2014, @06:57PM
There is a paradox with tolerance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance [wikipedia.org] . You can't have tolerant society, deal with it.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 13 2014, @07:31PM
That paradox only exists in the context of the overly-broad definition of the word tolerance. For example: There is a significant difference between preventing gays from entering an establishment and preventing the preventing of gays entering an establishment. The first is discrimination, the second is just the opposite, but the word tolerance doesn't offer any distinction of those two contexts.
In short: No, you still don't get to be a victim when there are consequences to your racist behavior.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday April 14 2014, @05:21PM
Not to mention the distinction in my mind between physically barring someone's entry into an establishment, and banning a user from a website where they can make another account or just post AC.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"