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I think tolerance _alone_ is a "failure" scenario, and should absolutely not be considered a goal. Tolerance is, quite literally, a ghetto. We allow bad things
by Mizza 8y ago
I think tolerance _alone_ is a "failure" scenario, and should absolutely not be considered a goal. Tolerance is, quite literally, a ghetto. We allow bad things to continue in the name of tolerance every day.
I might even go further to say that integration paradoxically _requires_ some degree of intolerance - the integrated whole should be intolerant of "negative" aspects of the unintegrated, even if they are things that would be seen as protection of "positive" tradition/cultural values by those in a strictly "tolerant" camp on either side.
- xvedejas 8y agoMaybe we just need a new word for the phenomenon which prevents tolerance from progressing towards integration?
- Mizza 8y agoThat's an excellent idea! "Integration-preventative tolerance" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue though.
- AstralStorm 8y agoIt's called ignorance. Ignoring the bad sides of any given thing. It implies being unreasonable - ignoring good reasons to not tolerate a given behavior. Of course then there's camel nose/slippery slope fallacy so liked by intolerant. It is best to ask for evidence.