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

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

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 14 2014, @06:23AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 14 2014, @06:23AM (#31177)

    As another AC for life, I read everything at -1. I certainly read your post and agree that the hate of ACs is quite silly. At least we can post here, unlike at some other sites...

    And before anybody wants to point out that perhaps I'm the previous AC discussing with myself, it's true, you don't know if it's so or not. But the parent AC knows and that's all I really care about here.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 14 2014, @11:36AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 14 2014, @11:36AM (#31244)

    Glad to see I'm not the only AC lifer. Many times I find having a user name can actually have a chilling effect in some instances, on the Op and others. Of course I have to wonder if it might be that someone else might/dis agree with someone that they normally would/wouldn't just because of their user name.

    I think more sites should have AC posts. Granted you're going to get trolling. Though there is just as much without AC posts, just look at any "main stream" news site.

    We're not the only ones who know we're not the same poster, the site admins do as well. I guess not having an account and leaving less of a trail all over the internet, makes you less of a person and not worthy of an opinion.

    Take care my AC friend.