Tolerance: Vice or virtue in political activities, thoughts, and actions.

[Bubs daddy]

Quote »The topic of this thread is about "tolerance", isn't it?[/quote]Good fricking grief. Tolerance of what? That noise they call rap music? John Madden? Spending hundreds of billions to "save the economy?" I don't tolerate any of the aforementioned.

I'm intolerant of many things. But I do like apples with peanut butter. I tolerate that.

What's on the next channel?

[marlin29311]

I'm intolerant of many things. But I do like apples with peanut butter. I tolerate that.

Just be careful of the peanut butter with the salmonila in it...not something you'd probably want to tolerate either...

[Dano]

I bought apples today. They still need to ripen a bit so I suppose i'll toss them in a brown paper bag for a few days. Is that not one of the easier ways to accomplish this magnificent process? What do you think?

[Armelius]

While polarization isn't exactly a new phenomenon in american politics (for example Thomas Jefferson's bitter political campaign for the Presidency with John Adams), it would appear that given the availability and accessibility of relevant information, greater accessibility to education by many in our nation, and a purportedly freer society since the exposure of the failings of communism as a poliitcal ideal, and the spread of globalization, modern day americans may be less tolerant of each other's ideas, actions and positions, to the extent that acculturation, sophisticated political markerting techniques, and unsually evident assymetric information, may have contributed in varying degrees, to widening levels of limited tolerance in our political system.

It would appear that this polarization, a result of less tolerance of various brands, has been transferred into just about every facet of our society, to include, the internet websites, forums, and blogs, fast-food places, churches, public transportaiton systems, schools, etc, in ways that may not lend itself to an easy and coordinated observation. What level of tolerance is acceptable for a society that pitches its tent as the epitome of freedom and democracy, when one considers tolerance from various perspectives as earlier outlined, as in internet websites, forums, and blogs, in fast-food places, in churches, in public transportaiton systems, in schools etc.? Can a democracy remain strong and yet be tolerant of every ideal, action, and thought? Is democracy really democracy when limited tolerance is the norm? How far, can tolerance be a change agent? Who are the stakeholders of a tolerant society, and in what context can they be effcetive, and how? Note, less tolerance does not mean or imply intolerance. These questions apply to anyone personally, intellectually, and professionally.

Modified by Jacko3 at 2:53 PM 2/24/2009

Modified by Jacko3 at 3:38 PM 2/24/2009

It's a benign concept. You should either ignore it or study it more.

[AZhitman]

sometimes i love you. sometimes i hate you.

on a side note, did democracy save that lady in buffalo from being beheaded??!?

sometimes, you just gotta swing that axe.

Damned Arabs.