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I urge you to look at the paradox of tolerance. Tolerating intolerance breeds intolerance. If I am intolerant of intolerant people then that is good. Bigots do

• busymom0 5y ago
  Calling people bigots without firstly discussing the view point makes you bigoted as it makes it seem like everything is black and white without any greys. A lot of right leaning libertarians like Larry Elder for example believe that the federal government shouldn’t legalize gay marriage because the federal government should get out of societal issues all together- not just gay marriage, even straight marriage and other societal issues like abortion, what bulbs to use etc. Societal issues should be dealt at the local county/city/state level, not federal level as he founders intended it to be. This is also why right leaning libertarians oppose weed being illegal. Federal government should get out of that business all together. So when Larry says he’s against legalizing gay marriage, those who don’t understand nuance ignore the rest of his comment and call him a bigot. I can quote several other examples and many anecdotal ones too but I think this example is good enough.