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Journal by Azuma Hazuki
Tolerance Is Not A Moral Precept.

This is a thorough once-over giving the lie to the "conservatives'" self-serving bullshit squealing that "Butbutbutbutbut if you don't tolerate my intolerance you're a hypocrite!" The short version, as put forth in the article, is this: tolerance is a peace treaty, not a suicide pact.

Put another way, it's social technology, just like laws. It allows us, in an ever-more-connected global society, to exist and function. Like a treaty it covers those, and only those, who are party to it.

This means that if you're a genocidal fucking psychopath then no, Virginia, we do not have to "tolerate" your unhinged ramblings. You are cancer in the body politic. You have gleefully ripped your human card to shreds and dropped the pieces in an incinerator, cackling like a hyena on PCP at how you have "owned the libs." You have placed yourselves outside the treaty. We are not obligated to put up with your shit.

tl;dr: if you can't behave like a civilized human being, don't be surprised when you get treated like a rabid animal. Read and be better, or don't, it's your choice, but don't bitch when you get your find-outs.
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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Sunday April 30, @11:51AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday April 30, @11:51AM (#1304042) Homepage Journal

    You're not even remotely making sense at this point

    You seem to be obsessed with my posts - but you have totally failed to get the context I invited you to look at. A progressive said that maybe it's time for a civil war. I explained what a civil war would look like. I didn't threaten to start the civil war, I merely explained what civil war is. At this point, you're failing to make sense of rational statements, because you have chosen to ignore the context.

    If the progressives start a civil war, and the conservatives put the progressives down, it's not murder. It is self defense.

    Check you own mental well being. You're confused about a lot of things.

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