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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: 2, Insightful) by DrMag on Sunday April 13 2014, @07:24PM
It seems the separation between intolerance that should be allowed (and even, to an extent, protected) with intolerance that should be decried is the target to which that intolerance is directed.
"<such and such a belief> is wrong..."
That's ok.
"<such and such a belief> is wrong, and anyone who believes it should..."
That's not ok.
The nature of freedom requires that we can equally hold opposing beliefs, thus intolerance of necessity must be tolerated.
What we don't need to tolerate, however, is abuse of any form of any individual for whatever reason.