Are you tolerant of other's opinions?

Question

Sometimes when I ask a tough to answer question, I see people get frustrated, and they say things like 'leave the country' or 'go to Russia' or 'nuke the liberals'. What do you say when confronted with a tough to answer question, and are you open to other's opinions? I myself have learned much from opposing views, some change my mind, some enforce my convictions, all valid. How 'bout you?

stjdavis2006, believ me, MTV doesn't form my opinion on anything. I don't agree with your definition of tolerance...I don't have to change how I feel, just to respect someone else's feelings. Now, see? That is tolerance and respect, without having to change or abandon anything I feel or think

Answer 1

Yes. Differences & Diversity makes us great.

Answer 2

A well asked, tough to answer question is thought provoking. When considering the question, and how I would answer it, tolerance, for me, is not an issue. I enjoy turning things over in my head, and wondering what a different approach might yield. I also do not consider myself to be the smartest person I know, and am therefore able to learn from others whether I adopt another persons belief, or just recognize and respect the belief.
The questions that render me incapable of tolerance are the ones that are not formed well, were not actually meant to be a question at all, use garbage grammar, or are your garden variety re-spewing of some propagandist rumor not based in fact.
When there is room for an answer to be considered, I enjoy the question, whether I agree or disagree.
Cool question.

Answer 3

You have the same problem I have. Though I have to admit I can get as belligerent with our friends on the right as they get with me. What can I say, I am an old Chicago boy (politics in Chicago use to be a full contact sport, right?). Like you, I have learned allot from Yahoo Answers. I still do not support Bush, and I am not going to; I don't like how he has handled the situations we are facing. However, he did not cause 9/11 nor did Clinton. These events were bound to unfold as belligerence in the Middle-east spilled over to the rest of the world, and now, we can add North Korea to the mix. The North Korean situation has been there since 1953.

What I have come to know is that The United States of America, right or wrong, is My nation (I now know how Lee felt about the secession of the South -- which is to say he did not like it, but e did back the south anyway). My son is in the Navy, now, too. So that has forced me to look a things differently. I am attempting to run for office locally to become part of the process of putting this nation back together so we can deal with the enemies that are encroaching upon us.

It is only a matter of time until all these situations come to one critical junction.

Answer 4

I like to believe I am. I will attempt to correct people on factual errors but when confronted with a tough question, I will generally respond that it is a good question and I don't think there are any easy answers. Once upon a time, that allowed the person their opinion and me mine (I never seem to be short of them) without resorting to one-liner retorts. Now though, it seems like disagreement about issues is a personal attack on everyone's "values". I try to be open to reasonable opinions whether or not I think the person is right. They will almost always have a nugget of fact and truth that I can use to agree with them or even modify my own opinion.

Answer 5

What is tolerant?
Tolerant is sacrificing your beliefs, values, and morals to accomodate others..

It could be said that people that are more tolerant have less beliefs, values, and morals than someone with a less tolerant view.

For example, a person breaking the law. If you really valued the law and believed in it you would not tolerate someone breaking the law. If you did not think much the law in the first place you could easily tolerate someone breaking it.

Don't buy into the MTV tolerance is always a good thing BS.

Answer 6

I'm a liberal Democrat, and I'm proud of it, but I'm embarrassed to admit to the fact that I sometimes find it hard to be tolerant of others' opinions. It's not because I don't think they have a right to have them, but it's because of the fact that many of these people vote and their political power can have a detrimental effect on my country and the rest of the world. I simply find it hard to understand how some of these people can't see through the lies of the Bush administration, and it bothers the hell out of me to think that many of these same people support legislation breaking down the separation of church and state and think that global warming is a myth, among other things. As far as I'm concerned, other people can have their opinions as long as they don't have a detrimental effect on me or the world I live in.

By the way, I'm glad that they have the right to vote, but I really wish that they would get their facts straight before going to the polls.

Answer 7

Having an open mind is sometimes like having an unlocked dumpster in a poor neighborhood. When you're not looking, someone will drive by and unload all their trash on you! LOL

Learning from others is a good thing, you gain fresh perspective by engaging in these debates, and I think it's also good to get things off your own chest on issues that concern you. I have had a lot of fun with Yahoo! Answers, and I hope they keep it going!

Answer 8

Sure, I just make sure not to talk about weighted issues with people. I have my own beliefs and way of thinking. I don't try and push my beliefs off onto others and hope to recieve the same respect from people.
I have many friends who vote different than I and worship differently. We just don't "go there" in conversation.
I trust that everyone is smart enough to make their own decisions about how they believe and what they believe in.

Answer 9

I like hearing another opinion because sometimes it enlightens me to something I may not have thought of or lets me see an issue from a different point of view.

I still may not agree, but I think it makes me more in tune and tolerant of others.

Answer 10

Sure, as long as they are based on facts. It is hard to be tolerant of people that have opinions based on what they heard on TV or on some blogger's site. Ignorance is rampant, especially considering this is the "information age".

Answer 11

what do give these kids in america to eat? I have begun to change my tone and talk like them... we are normally a polite people but hey Americans are abusive and talk about bombing some people as though it were some play... I have realized the only way to talk is to cry hoarse and use insult against this taking you for granted attitude.