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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: 3, Interesting) by tathra on Sunday April 13 2014, @08:13PM
the whole point of tolerance is the refusal to tolerate bigotry. however, its a bit hasty to start wanting to kick somebody out. so long as such remarks are confined to a 'personal' area (journal) rather than being stated out in public (comments), then its not really disruptive. "disruptive" should be the actual measure for deciding whether or not to ban somebody, because its extremely easy to make a case that somebody is "hurting" the community.