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I love this argument, just because it completely flips reality on its head. The intolerance that is being discussed is that of the Progressive US Left, who cann
by ppf 6y ago
I love this argument, just because it completely flips reality on its head. The intolerance that is being discussed is that of the Progressive US Left, who cannot tolerate any dissention from the current state of "politically correct" (here I use it's original definition). What you are describing is the reaction to it. It's a masterstroke of political reasoning, when you find a way to define your own shortfalls as stemming from the "other side".
Edit: I should add, it's amusing while it doesn't affect me, but the ramifications are horrifying.
- jeromegv 6y agoYou're talking like the leader of the right in the USA was tolerant of any different viewpoint than his own viewpoint around him. He's publicly rejected and shit on people very publicly that were his allies/staff for years the moment they have a dissenting opinion. Come on, not a left or right thing.
- ppf 6y agoYou're talking like the current president of the USA came out of nowhere, and was not at all a public expression of dissatisfaction with the status quo. The president doesn't need to accept dissent from his staff. Just hypothetically, if Obama's health secretary said that being transgender was largely a mental illness, or his head of domestic policy said that we need to close the southern border, does he need to tolerate that? Just to be very clear - those are completely hypothetical - I am not sure what actual "dissent" caused Trump to fire his various staff members, but it is unrelated.