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ecib  ·  3888 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Brendan Eich steps down as Mozilla CEO

    Let me use an example. Westboro Baptist Church pickets the funeral of a deceased soldier. This is intolerance. Do we let them march around and allow them to do whatever they want?

That is Westboro being intolerant. The bikers who oppose that are not intolerant, they are the opposite. They are tolerant.

Taking issue with the intolerance of others does not make one intolerant.

One of the number one defenses of bigots is that if you take issue with their bigotry then you're just as guilty as they are because you're being intolerant of their views. It's pure bullshit. It is an ideology of accepting others vs one of condemning others.

To call people taking issue with intolerance and bigotry intolerant is just semantic nonsense that uses language to obfuscate.