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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) by zim on Sunday April 13 2014, @08:47PM
Your intolerance of what he says/or is. Is just as bad as his opinion of what others say/or are.
Most everyones an "IST". Of some form. Some just admit to starting the classification of who they don't like at race.
Until people stop banding together based on their race. You'll always have someone excluding based on race.
At least most races can complain about it.
As a white guy i'm not allowed to play the race card. Ever.
Even for exactly the same equal/opposite situations.
I'm not allowed to be offended at the term cracker. I'm not allowed to be offended at blackpeoplemeet.com commercials.
Yet flip those to the other equivilant. Oh hell no. You're getting reamed by the world!