Should a tolerant liberal really be expected to tolerate the religiously intolerant?

Question

I think it is is a tolerant persons duty not to tolerate those who are intolerant, what about you?

jinenglish68: Guess that's why you can't keep away from me huh! did your boyfriend pay for the ear surgery so he could get a better grip?

onegaishimasu: Not at all, we should tolerate everything except intolerance.

marcella I: It would be irresponsible for a tolerant person to walk way from intolerance, tolerant people support tolerance they must confront intolerance when they come across it.

bookish: the Golden rule is pre-Christian.

delemamo: perhaps it would be better to make it plain that we tolerate unless a certain boundary is crossed, probably that would be wherever one persons abuse of freedom place another persons freedom in jeopardy.

Answer 1

I tolerate them in so far as they keep out of my face.
That's pretty tolerant, don't you think? ;)

Answer 2

That is a tough question and there is no perfect solution. The best position I've ever seen on this question is this...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...

I suppose we Americans are stuck with tolerating each other by law. Not tolerating the intolerant won't make them tolerant, but a lawsuit might if they take things as far as denying someone their constitutional rights.

Answer 3

I often hear people say that they want nothing to do with a certain religion because they have met some hypocrates who profess that certain faith. To say that you have tolerance of all except the intolerant is intolerance and, therefore hypocritical. You have the right to feel however you choose to feel but, in the strictest sense of the word, by not tolerating those with whom you disagree, you become what you say is wrong. If hypocracy is, to you, wrong for the religious, you must make your own decision as to whether you also desire to be a hypocrate. To be utterly and completely tolerant is to accept ALL others as they are and not try to change them. This means that the bully in school who beats up your child has the right to do so because he is doing what he feels is right. If you are completely tolerant, you could not do anything to stop the bully from being a bully. That would be intolerant. You must choose what you truly desire to be and whether you believe that the cost of such beliefs is what you are preapred to pay. If not, you choose, by your own concent, to be a hypocrate. This, I am fully aware, is no easy choice. I am offering no slams or rudeness in this post; only factual definitions. I have had to make choices in my own life, too. I have personally chosen to be intolerant for the sake of those who are being hurt by wrongful actions of others. I have had to choose to stand for something or fall for anything. You must make your own choices as well.

Answer 4

i in my view like Pirate AM™'s answer. i think of it relatively is obvious that keeping an strategies-set of tolerance in any respect costs is purely as undesirable by way of fact the spirit of intolerance. the two extremes pose a huge gamble to the concern-loose rights and freedoms that each and every person people in loose societies rejoice with. Europe and the united kingdom are vacationing down an extremely risky course at present. The ought to be attentive to o.k. what the extremes of tolerance and intolerance lead as much as. Attitudes maximum excellent as much as WWII: Neville Chamberlain and a large number of western eu leaders= passive, susceptible tolerance. Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany = intense, severe intolerance. end effect......conflict, death, melancholy. Nuff stated.

Answer 5

Absolutely. Intolerance is really ANTI-tolerance, and the enemy of tolerance and tolerant people.

It took a while for tolerant liberals in the UK to get to grips with how to respond to things like the anti-Rushdie fatwa, but they worked it out. Fighting against such insanity is the only way to proceed if you value tolerance.

CD

Answer 6

I find it hard to tolerate intolerance. It all goes back to expecting to be given the same respect as I give to others. I'm an atheist, but I very much agree with, and try to live by the golden rule of treating others as I'd like to be treated. I don't believe Jesus was a god, but I do like his philosophy.

Answer 7

Most liberals I know are quite tolerant of members of intolerant religions as long as they don't know anyone of that faith. When it comes to Christianity, which is dominant in our culture, tolerance gets thrown out the window.

It's up to you, friend. Is tolerance valuable for it's own sake? Is there any virtue in saying that you are tolerant of Jainists or radicalist Hindus if you don't actually know any? Personally, I think that if you can't tolerate the religious within your own culture, there is no chance whatsoever that you will tolerate those of another culture/faith if you ever have a meaningful interaction with them, but YMMV.

Answer 8

That's what I keep saying. The one thing I can't tolerate is intolerant people!

Answer 9

Tolerance

The most lovable quality any human being can possess is tolerance. …. It is the vision that enables one to see things from another’s viewpoint…. It is the generosity that concedes to others the right to their own opinions and their own peculiarities….. It is the bigness that enables us to let people be happy in their own way instead of our way.
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When i am surrounded by those who are intolerant, i prefer to voice my opinion and make a graceful exit....

blessings
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Answer 10

Yep. Tolerance breeds tolerance.

Answer 11

That doesn't make sense, as soon as you don't tolerate something you are as intolerant as they are.
Rise above it lad xx

I spose, it's a bit confusing though, I'm tolerant, but I won't tolerate intolerance, so then I'm intolerant of...? Confused...my head hurts...