Posted on 05/13/2014 4:02:21 PM PDT by george76
Liberals often say they’re big on tolerance, but apparently tolerance must flow only one way – toward liberals and their favored identity groups. So says MSNBC contributor Jonathan Capehart.
Appearing as a guest on Monday’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, Capehart rebuffed the idea
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[T]olerance, no, is not – it should not be a two-way street. It's a one-way street.
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That’s the perfect encapsulation of liberalism – they will make you to understand that you are wrong and they are right. You will tolerate whoever they like, but as for you – tough luck. If you don’t share their “tolerant” beliefs, they will not tolerate you. Tolerance, in its true classical definition, is intolerable.
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Maybe the left just does not understand the language they are using. When they say they are tolerant, they really mean they are intolerant of any views that different from theirs.
It's like that creepy guy who follows you home from the market. As if being creepy and following you aren't bad enough, the real scary part is - he's not trying to hide.
I thought the word tolerance inherently was about two way street.
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