I was reading a blog the other day in which its author, a gay man, was ranting about the intolerance of the Boy Scouts of America toward gays and atheists. He said he would never donate money to such an organization and would only donate to organizations that do not discriminate against anyone. Oh really? That's his right but I suggest he won't be donating to any organization unless he's a hypocrite. That's because all membership organizations discriminate. Either it's because of age, gender, race, marital status, veteran status, criminal status, geographic location, or what have you, every organization discriminates. For example, let's suppose a known escaped convict attempts to join a given community organization while on the lam. Even though this organization might claim to be tolerant of everyone and not discriminate against anyone, I bet they wouldn't accept him as a member. By virtue of the fact this escaped convict counts as someone, they would be defying their claim and playing the hypocrite.
In addition, every individual is intolerant of someone. It's human nature. Some people just are intolerant of the intolerant. Doesn't this constitute intolerance? In addition, many liberals who pride themselves on being so tolerant are quite intolerant of such people as polluters, those who "don't pay enough taxes", those who seek to overturn Roe vs. Wade, those who advocate drilling for oil on pristine land reserves, wearers of animal fur, religious fanatics, SUV owners, and "Big Tobacco" executives. It should be obvious that when they use the word "tolerant", it's just a code word for accepting people based on their narrow set of pet issues such as gay rights and multiculturalism. All others need not apply.
Absolutely. Logically rational.
Posted by: Orikinla Osinachi | January 30, 2006 at 01:55 PM