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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 Angry Jesus on Sunday April 13 2014, @09:25PM
> Now if we can get you to consider the possibility that he did it out of ignorance,
> and therefore it was wrong to metaphorically lynch the guy without knowing,
Yes, there should be no consequences for thoughtlessly hurting people.
> Truth be known there are plenty of other reasons, quite rational and not requiring hatred,
> for his position but that's for another discussion.
Bigotry is always rationalized. No one says "I think we should treat some people like shit for no reason whatsoever." In fact, I'm going to challenge you cite just one example of societally accepted discrimination for which the proponents just said "We just hate them, no reason, we just hate them, so fuck'em!" Sure, there is the occasional dumb-as-rocks tribalist who is mentally incapable of coming up with a rationalization, but any organized bigotry will have a whole host of "quite rational" reasons to justify their discrimination.