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0 pointsJackFr3y ago0 comments

But Americans celebrate tolerance and diversity of ideas, that is unless you actually disagree with us.

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Tolerance and diversity are not absolute.

This is such a cop out. If you only tolerate things that don't offend you, that doesn't make you tolerant because you're not tolerating anything.

Even the "tolerant" party of US politics preaches "intolerance of intolerance".

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0 pointsJackFr3y ago0 comments

But Americans celebrate tolerance and diversity of ideas, that is unless you actually disagree with us.

Tolerance and diversity are not absolute.

This is such a cop out. If you only tolerate things that don't offend you, that doesn't make you tolerant because you're not tolerating anything.

Even the "tolerant" party of US politics preaches "intolerance of intolerance".

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