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MineralMan

(147,445 posts)

2. People in glass cathedrals...

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 26, 2019, 03:49 PM

Feb 2019

When those who exhibit intolerance accuse others of being intolerant, it is time for a closer examination, I think.

I have grown weary of such accusations. I will turn the tables on people who make such accusations. It's easy.

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Speaking of Intolerance... [View all] MineralMan Feb 2019 OP

For a pretty simple word, it sure has gotten a lot of mileage lately. Thanks for posting this... SWBTATTReg Feb 2019 #1

People in glass cathedrals... MineralMan Feb 2019 #2

Don't forget the paradox... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #3

Yes, exactly. MineralMan Feb 2019 #4

Logic doesn't go far in many instances. marylandblue Feb 2019 #7

A type of, dare I say it, "civic faith"? eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #12

Faith trumps reason all the time Major Nikon Feb 2019 #8

It should not. MineralMan Feb 2019 #10

You've just about defined every governmental authority in the world. zipplewrath Feb 2019 #5

I find intolerance an overused word with too flexible a definition. marylandblue Feb 2019 #6

Discrimination is intolerance in the action stage Major Nikon Feb 2019 #9

Like I said, intolerance is overused, too much shoehorned into one little word. marylandblue Feb 2019 #14

So the Chinese concentration camps for theists guillaumeb Feb 2019 #16

For someone who obsesses over this issue, I'd expect you to be better educated Major Nikon Feb 2019 #17

And do you every use hyperbolic language? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #19

"ever" Major Nikon Feb 2019 #22

Who is immune from intolerance? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #11

You appear to only condemn it when it suits you. MineralMan Feb 2019 #13

And you appear to deflect when you cannot refute. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #15

You post about China because you are intolerant towards atheists Major Nikon Feb 2019 #18

And you post about theism because..... guillaumeb Feb 2019 #20

Because I read the title of the group before I posted Major Nikon Feb 2019 #21

Is this not the Religion Group? MineralMan Feb 2019 #23

Didn't happen Cartoonist Feb 2019 #24

But it did. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #27

Yes we.should ask "why you are posting this?" marylandblue Feb 2019 #28

If intolerance directed by theists is a fit subject, guillaumeb Feb 2019 #29

The OP is not about intolerance directed by theists. marylandblue Feb 2019 #30

The post is about theists being the objects of intolerance. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #31

The post does not mention theists or religion. marylandblue Feb 2019 #35

Or should we condemn intolerance, and recognize that it is everywhere? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #37

I don't think that is so obvious at all marylandblue Feb 2019 #40

And, speaking if starting a new thread, and ironically enough, guillaumeb Feb 2019 #32

Sorry, that's just me, a human being human. marylandblue Feb 2019 #33

If you did understand...... guillaumeb Feb 2019 #34

All characteristics are human characteristics. marylandblue Feb 2019 #36

Are you ever surprised to find that humans are intolerant? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #38

I'm surprised that so many people seem to think marylandblue Feb 2019 #39

A well written post from Mineral Man Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #25

That's very kind of you to say. MineralMan Feb 2019 #26