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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: 3, Insightful) by Yog-Yogguth on Monday April 14 2014, @07:16AM
Other people are not your prize lawn for you to manicure with a tweezer, isn't that simple enough? Then stop treating them as if they are and maybe given enough time you'll not only happen to discover your own flaws but also the decades-long trails of shit & stupidity we're all dragging behind us. You might even start to understand some of it.
In fact considering the ridiculous nature of it the article submitter is far more likely to be an actual troll than Ethanol-fueled, and such "stereotypically über-PC" trolling is getting too old and dumb: if anyone truly is that stupid they might just possibly deserve everything that's coming no matter how "sad" they pretend to be.
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