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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.
 

Reply to: Re:Disappointing Azuma

    (Score: 2) by janrinok on Friday May 05, @06:08AM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Friday May 05, @06:08AM (#1304854)

    without which he would get bored and fade away

    You haven't demonstrated that statement to be true. Nor does it explain why he posted CP onto a front page story under another of his sock puppet accounts, spammed specific individuals by name (16 in one story alone) over an extended period of time, or continue to carry out personal attacks rather than argue the topic under discussion. Why would he try to instigate an "AC rebellion" in a previous poll to "...take over the front page."? He has no intention of going away.

    Indeed he has stated his intention many times over several years, while even some of his former allies have distanced themselves from what he has said.

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