Just because you are part of a persecuted group.. does not make you a tolerant person

[Peacetrain]

Glen Beck who has been on a tear de-legitimizing the Islamic Center.. should be aware of his own religions history and persecution.

Just like that damn Limbaugh.. who did nothing but rip the ACLU apart for years.. who did he run to the first time he got in trouble.. the ACLU..

Never fails




http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/27/some-evangelicals-on-defensive-over-partnering-with-glenn-beck-a-mormon/?hpt=C2

A handful of prominent evangelical activists are defending their decision to attend television host Glenn Beck's conservative rally in Washington this weekend after some Christians complained that evangelicals shouldn't be partnering with Beck because of his Mormon faith.

"There is no need to 'de-Christianize' each other over the matter," wrote Jim Garlow, an influential California pastor, in a five-page memo this week arguing that evangelicals can attend Beck's rally and partner with the television and radio personality in good conscience.

[NJmaverick]

1. Your OP headline is one of the great truism on so many levels

that is often over looked by many

[tularetom]

2. I thought this was about that Larry Bud Melman who came out as gay

and then said he supported everything the republican party did to screw over gays.

[VMI Dem]

3. This very much applies to the President's view of gay marriage.

[NJmaverick]

8. You're being far to narrow in your view

you need to look at both sides of the issue

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

Anyone can be intolerant...

Anyone.

[nightrain]

18. yep, even folks with catchy usernames or bumperstickers, or ??

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[Cha]

14. +1

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

4. +10,000! For the life of me, I can't understand why it's a given.

Everyone can be a bigot.

[NJmaverick]

10. There seems to be an unconscious assumption that people

who find themselves in an oppressed minority suddenly no longer suffer the regular human temptation of intolerance

[stray cat]

5. True for people everywhere including progressives as well as conservatives

[NYC_SKP]

6. What I find interesting, and I think it applies to every human being...

...is that our sense of intolerance and bigotry in others is razor sharp.

But our ability to see the intolerance each of us bears, our own individual intolerance, is largely disabled.

:patriot:

(ted for clarity)

[JNelson6563]

19. Well said, I agree completely.

:toast:

Julie

[Cronus Protagonist]

21. Tolerance is over rated

Tolerance is nothing one ought to brag about, for sure.

[JNelson6563]

7. Thank you!

Your title says it all.

Julie

[dkf]

9. Intolerance:

–noun
1.
lack of toleration; unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect contrary opinions or beliefs, persons of different races or backgrounds, etc.
2.
incapacity or indisposition to bear or endure: intolerance to heat.
3.
abnormal sensitivity or allergy to a food, drug, etc.
4.
an intolerant act.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/intolerance

I was amused by a comment the other day that the poster would not tolerate intolerance. I don't think the poster got the contradiction. Read the definition again folks and see how truly tolerant you are.

[Bobbie Jo]

12. Recommended.

Hypocrisy knows no bounds. It's a matter of who do they hate more.

[Cha]

13. Good analogy, Peacetrain~

beck is a pyscho bigot and makes money off of hate..yet he's a Mormon.

And, the "christians" are coming cause they love to hate too.

Too bad there are so many idiots in this country.

[SoxFan]

15. Intelligent post, Peacetrain

:fistbump:

[janx]

16. People like to think of themselves as belonging to GROUPS,

but when it comes down to it, we are individuals. Why don't people want to take personal responsibility for their actions?

[Politicub]

17. Their hypocrisy is disgusting...

but not surprising. Conservatives have proven themselves to be thieves and liars time and time again.

[Number23]

20. K&R