"Some quasi-liberals continually ask how we can be tolerant with people who preach intolerance -- meaning Muslims. A better question could be: To what extent are those who profess tolerance really tolerant?"
In some senses, to be 'tolerant' in any sense is to be the worst version of a human being, for to tolerate or put up with something suggests that one is taking a moral highroad, is the victor, is demonstrating how virtuous they are. Far better to be honest; love or loathe what others have to say about certain subjects (in particular, their belief systems, both theological and political), for that signifies true freedom. Anodyne language and the diktats of 'political correctness' lays both sides open to abuse and moral inertia, if not turpitude.
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"Some quasi-liberals continually ask how we can be tolerant with people who preach intolerance -- meaning Muslims. A better question could be: To what extent are those who profess tolerance really tolerant?"
In some senses, to be 'tolerant' in any sense is to be the worst version of a human being, for to tolerate or put up with something suggests that one is taking a moral highroad, is the victor, is demonstrating how virtuous they are. Far better to be honest; love or loathe what others have to say about certain subjects (in particular, their belief systems, both theological and political), for that signifies true freedom. Anodyne language and the diktats of 'political correctness' lays both sides open to abuse and moral inertia, if not turpitude.
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