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

posted by n1 on Sunday April 13 2014, @06:12PM   
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?

• Re:word play Re:word play (Score: 3, Insightful) by Tork on Sunday April 13 2014, @08:49PM

  by Tork (3914) on Sunday April 13 2014, @08:49PM (#30952)

  Ah, I'm sorry dude. I think I could have intuited that from the rest of your post.

  I think the important thing is to understand why it's objectionable. Is it merely an observation or is it intended to harm someone? Was Ethanol Fueled trying to turn people hostile towards Mexicans or was he trying to draw attention to an issue so it can be solved? I do believe this questions can be answered without a whole lot of subjectivity.

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• Re:word play (Score: 1) by FakeBeldin on Sunday April 13 2014, @09:20PM

  by FakeBeldin (3360) on Sunday April 13 2014, @09:20PM (#30979) Journal

  Hey, good post! (no mod points or I'd have expressed it that way)
  It got me to re-read Ethanol Fueled post top to bottom, and answer those questions for myself. (I actually took it in this time.) I arrived at my conclusions.
  I'll leave it to others to come to their own conclusions - none of you need me to do your thinking for you.

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