Reply #22: By tolerant, do you really mean acceptance regardless of what the action/position is? [View All]

[Solly Mack]

Because it seems to me that many people who want to bring the "aren't progressives supposed to be tolerant" thing up often time want nothing more than acceptance for some truly egregious opinions and actions. (racism, sexism, homophobia, foisting religion on others..just for example)

and a progressive would never be "tolerant" (or accepting) of such things....

And, seriously, charges of "politically correct" do little but arouse suspicion ...a favorite of bigots is to claim that people who aren't "tolerant" of their prejudices are being "politically correct"

and, unfortunately (considering the chosen topic), another tactic of the bigot is to play the "but gee, I thought progressives were supposed to be tolerant" game

Now, I'm not saying you are guilty of any of the above...but I will say I can't even begin to count the times this particular opine has been presented at DU...just far too many times to remember them all. Though a few do stand out...

But, you're probably relatively new and aren't aware of the many, many, many, many, many, many, many (well, you get the point) times this topic has been offered up for consumption.

And, of course, my apologies for any offense caused for certainly none was intended...tolerance and all that.