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This must be all of that tolerance and diversity that we keep hearing about... Okay, that sounds kinda snarky. But seriously, the level of hatred, contempt, an
by ufmace 10y ago
This must be all of that tolerance and diversity that we keep hearing about...
Okay, that sounds kinda snarky. But seriously, the level of hatred, contempt, and intolerance coming from the Left these days is a huge turn-off. Not saying there's no hatred on the Right, but they don't seem to broadcast it and revel in it the way that the Left does. Most of the vaguely hateful stuff I see from the Right is something that somebody on the Left dug up from some obscure place to try and smear the Right. It trips my irony meter pretty hard when they do all this, and then talk about how it's the other guy that's all about hate, in the most hateful tones of voice I've heard anybody speak seriously in.
- hnhg 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
- bluejekyll 10y agoI'll save people a click: "The paradox of tolerance arises when a tolerant person holds antagonistic views towards intolerance, and hence is intolerant of it. The tolerant individual would then be by definition intolerant of intolerance."
- untog 10y ago“Michelle Obama. I’d like her to return to being a male and let loose in the outback of Zimbabwe where she lives comfortable in a cave with Maxie, the gorilla.” So said Trump's New York campaign co-chair. Today. http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/311686-trump-ny-co-chair-wishes-death-on-obama http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/311686-trump-ny-co-chai... I'm not saying the right is consumed with hate, or that the left has none, but if you don't see any hateful stuff coming from the Right then you're deliberately ignoring it.
- ufmace 10y agoI never said there wasn't any, but I did say that it's mostly the Left scouring the ends of the earth to dig up any kinda dumb thing that any 3rd or 4th string person ever said and shining spotlights on it to try and smear the entire Right. And that's nicely confirmed by citing a statement made by the "New York Co-Chairman for Trump's Presidential Campaign" published in "New York arts publication Artvoice". At least it was actually published today, so that's only 2 out of 3. Fortunately, I don't have the time or interest to keep track of every nasty thing that anybody on the Left has ever said. But you will perhaps recall such things as Hillary calling people "baskets of deplorables", Obama calling people "bitter clingers", etc. Look at what they say about Peter Thiel, Sarah Palin and her family, any prominent black conservative, etc. Yep, they sure love LGBT people, women, black people, just as long as they toe the party line. If they dare to have their own opinion, you get to see how they really feel about diversity.
- untog 10y agoEDIT: it's the holidays and I extract absolutely no enjoyment from endless back and forth like this, so I'm going to shut myself up. Cheers, all.