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Ask Soylent - How to Treat Intolerance in a Tolerant Society?

posted by n1 on Sunday April 13 2014, @06:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the anyone-who-disagrees-will-be-shot dept.

Fluffeh writes:

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?

 
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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by starcraftsicko on Sunday April 13 2014, @07:17PM

    by starcraftsicko (2821) on Sunday April 13 2014, @07:17PM (#30849) Journal

    IANAL but

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by NCommander on Sunday April 13 2014, @08:20PM

    by NCommander (2) Subscriber Badge <michael@casadevall.pro> on Sunday April 13 2014, @08:20PM (#30914) Homepage Journal

    My official stance on this is here: http://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=1261&cid=30 886 [soylentnews.org]

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  • (Score: 1) by moondoctor on Monday April 14 2014, @01:14AM

    by moondoctor (2963) on Monday April 14 2014, @01:14AM (#31085)

    i can believe that...

    perhaps removed downvoted to oblivion never to be seen again.