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‘Tolerance requires us to accept people and permit their practices even when we strongly disapprove of them’ (T. Scanlon) How do liberals justifying such a course of action and how far does their tolerance stretch? Any assistance will be greatly appreciate and I will be very grateful.

2006-10-16 04:29:25 · 3 answers · asked by teddytrin 3 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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This is interesting because conservatives say liberals are intolerant, and liberals say conservatives are intolerant.

Conservatives point out episodes like the Jimmy the Greek theory. Jimmy was asked a question about black athletes while enjoying a few too many coctails at dinner one night. His drunken ramblings were the source of liberal outrage and eventually his dismissal from ABC sports (his argument was that slave owners bred slaves to get bigger and stronger offspring to do more work, thus producing a more athletic race). 'Liberals' were outraged, as I said, and pressured ABC to fire him.

Conservatives point out that liberals love diversity, but don't like it when people say anything that disagrees with their philosophy (like conservative dogma).

In reality, few people are truly tolerant of the people around them and their practices, whether they label themselves liberal or conservative. It may sound like an oxymoron, the "close minded liberal", but that's what you get!

2006-10-16 05:10:16 · answer #1 · answered by InjunRAIV 6 · 0 0

It only stretches as far as their nose. When something hits you personally, everything changes. Think about it.

2006-10-16 04:33:45 · answer #2 · answered by chesscoach 2 · 0 0

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2006-10-16 04:38:02 · answer #3 · answered by roddy414 2 · 0 0

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