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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 codermotor on Sunday April 13 2014, @08:30PM
Disclaimer: this is my opinion.
This story should be mod-ed "Overrated", and put into the "Seriously?" department.
Your objections seem at first read very rational, very low-toned and written with sincere concern for the feelings of others. But the undertones smack a little bit of trying to incite a virtual lynching of someone with whom you violently disagree.
To paraphrase the subject of this story:
You don't like intolerance, yet you show your own version of intolerance. I smell fear.
If you don't like the way someone thinks or acts, understand why. Make sure you don't repeat their mistakes. Then teach others. Don't rabble-rouse. Don't incite mob behavior. Don't become self-rightous. Do learn. Be tolerant.
I was once told by a very wise person, that life is a one-man inside job. Worry about yourself. Understand that it's a zero-sum game to try to control anyone other than yourself. One cannot insult, offend, embarrass, or hurt the feelings of another. One chooses whether to feel insulted, offended, embarrassed, or hurt by another.
This is not the kind of nonsense story I expect to find on a tech news site. This is not why I came to Soylentnews. But I accept that maybe others find these things worthy of discussion. I don't have to like it, but I will tolerate it ;) , because I don't like monocultures. And BTW, if you had not pointed to the journal, most of us would have never read it. Sometimes ignorance really is bliss.