A leaky faucet, a barking dog—those are things you tolerate. Candace Gingrich. What do you think of this quote and what is your response to the question of "tolerance"?
Candace Gingrich (b. c. 1967), U.S. computer technician and gay/lesbian rights activist. As quoted in Newsweek magazine, p. 24 (March 13, 1995).
The half-sister of conservative Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (b. 1943), she was responding to remarks he had made that she considered offensive to homosexuals and to his recommendation that homosexuality be “tolerated.”
2006-10-23 22:07:26 · 13 answers · asked by Orditz 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I think the interpretation of this quote was that she was pointing out that she didnt think it was a matter of "tolerance".
2006-10-24 03:24:03 · update #1
There is also another quote that was the catch-cry of the Anarchists which is : " We came for nothing, and settled for less"
2006-10-24 03:26:16 · update #2
I think that the word "tolerance" does not apply to her example. You can repair a leaky sink, a barking dog can be reported to eventually be silenced(in one way or another). I am not in need of repair, I am not an illegal annoyance to be silenced. I am a valid, living, breathing, human being with just as much right to openly and unashamedly be myself as any other tax paying citizen of this country. I am not going to go away. I won't be silent so as to make someone else more comfortable. So long as I am discriminated against, refused rights based on religious opinion, verbally assaulted, publicly denigrated, harassed, and abused, I'll continue to fight. I only lose if I quit. I don't quit and I won't lose. I refuse to be an apologist, attempting to meekly settle for whatever table scraps they decide to push my way in a begrudging fashion. This is MY life and I will fight until there isn't one breath left in this body to fight with and when I'm gone, there will be another to step up and take my place.
2006-10-24 01:19:03 · answer #1 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Oh I miss Newt, I hadn't thought about him in years. Here is a guy who lost all his credibility when his sister became vocal. You can almost see them as kids, and him harboring resentment any time she got attention and he didn't. The whole "your piece of cake is bigger than my piece of cake" thing. Once I realized that his stance on homosexuality stemmed from sibling rivalry, he became simply that whiny sibling that resented the new baby and was going to make everybody else pay.
You know its all about life at home as a kid, isn't it? You can look at the garbage on here coming out of people's fingertips and wonder if it would have been any better for them if they got the blue pj's they wanted from Santa, instead of the red ones they got.
Omg, I just went back and read the answers posted to these questions. People, she was being sarcastic. She was saying we are not something to be simply tolerated. Oh boy.
2006-10-24 08:35:13 · answer #2 · answered by tjnstlouismo 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
To tolerate is to silently suffer. In others, to shut up and put up with.
Exactly how my homosexuality has a negative impact on the quality of life of homophobes is beyond me. When a bigot passes me in the street, what happens to him? Would he drop to the ground in pain, fall unconcious and start to convulse? No.
What is to be 'tolerated'? How can another person 'tolerate' my sex life if they're not in bed with me having sex?
2006-10-24 07:43:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I hate to say it, but I agree with him.
Why should people be forced to like or love an entire group of people for any reason? Tolerance means that you don't act against someone violently, you don't seek to enact legislation against their lifestyle(which is really, really stupid to begin with)and if you find"one of them" drowning in the river, you may want to set aside what you think long enough to remember that we are all human and throw said person a rope.
Other than that, I feel no compunction to define tolerance as loving everyone and placating minority groups by winking at what they do if that isn't how I feel.I'd just assume treat everyone as an individual, judge each person on an individual basis, and accept the fact that no matter who you are, or what sex you are attracted to, you can be just as good AND just as bad as anyone else.
Freedom of sexual perference is no more important than freedom of thought and speech.
Edit:Thukrald, I would be more than happy to applaud you for exercising your right to free speech if you knew how to type
you illiterate, homophobic ******' turd.;)
2006-10-24 05:20:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I wouldn't tolerate a leaky faucet. Maybe a barking dog for awhile. But bark too long and loud, then I cannot tolerate. Same with fruits.
2006-10-24 06:52:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I think tolerance is the first step to acceptance. If we can't even gain tolerance then how are we ever going to gain acceptance in this society! We have to start somewhere and tolerance is the first step.
2006-10-24 09:01:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I absolutely agree with Ashley
2006-10-24 10:19:39 · answer #7 · answered by Matt Z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's more a matter of acceptance and respect rather than "tolerance".
2006-10-24 05:10:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think that tolerance is a half-baked way of saying that she considers herself to be superior to gay people....the very act of her saying it...confirms his/her inferiority.
2006-10-24 07:11:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Gottalottadisco said it perfectly. Excellent question and insight!!
2006-10-24 05:32:18 · answer #10 · answered by gc27858 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋