A quick rant on "tolerance"

[jedusor]

I don't like it when people group the words "prejudice" and "intolerance" together when referring to bigotry, especially racial and sexual bigotry. I don't like "promoting tolerance" among a community. Tolerance is when you put up with something you disapprove of and/or don't like. Of course, tolerance is better than actively putting down diversity, but we shouldn't (IMO) be using it to describe the attitude we're going for in the long term. When people "tolerate" something, they will eventually get tired of it and stop tolerating it, which leads to division of the population (i.e. gay marriage) and war (i.e. the Civil War). I don't want tolerance. I want openmindedness, acceptance, encouragement and approval.

Just had to get that out of my system.

Comments

FUCK YEAH!!!

[cfb4629.livejournal.com]

I am SO glad to hear someone else say it that way. "Tolerance" is bullshit.

My english teacher used to talk about levels of support, and you just repeated it. AMEN! (which isnt a religious term, its a hebrew term for "me too")

Re: FUCK YEAH!!!

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

AMEN! (which isnt a religious term, its a hebrew term for "me too")

Seriously? Dude, that's awesome.