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You don't get. That isn't why you should respect them!! Their beliefs are not grounds to or not to respect them. Their beliefs are part of their private life.
by badrabbit 8y ago
You don't get. That isn't why you should respect them!!
Their beliefs are not grounds to or not to respect them. Their beliefs are part of their private life. You are able to change what rights and liberties are allowed to you because you can participate in society and politics without getting fired from your jon and exiled for your unpopular beliefs.
- natch 8y agoThere are unpopular beliefs, and then there are beliefs that lead to the infringement of civil and human rights. Everyone has a right to their beliefs, but even bigot snowflake racist republicans do not have a right to be free from consequences for their beliefs. One such consequence is they are not as likely to earn the respect of respectable people.
- paulcole 8y agoIf you think a bigot stops being a bigot during a meeting, I honestly don’t know what to tell you.
- DuskStar 8y agoJust because you find it difficult doesn't mean everyone does. Oh, I know you don't consider that bigotry... But I'm sure someone will. EDIT: It should probably be pointed out that the definition of bigotry is "intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself.", pulled straight from Google. "If my coworker doesn’t believe ... then I don’t respect them as a coworker or a human being" (pulled from the great-grandparent post, from the same author as the parent) fits that perfectly, no matter what the opinion in the middle is.
- mike10010100 8y agoPlease educate yourself on the Paradox of Tolerance.
- fredthesmartdog 8y agoThinking that a racist just shuts it off at work is ridiculous.
- paulcole 8y agoIf being intolerant of racism makes me a bigot then so be it.
- DuskStar 8y agoIs being intolerant of racism the same thing as being intolerant of racists, though? In my opinion, it's not - and you can be intolerant of racism while still working with a racist. If none of the actions they take at work are racist, then that's all that should matter. Would I be friends with them though? Not knowingly!
- fredthesmartdog 8y agoBeliefs are one of things you absolutely can judge people on. You aren't born with beliefs, you form them over time (yes influences matter).