Reply #35: Some DUers are; some DUers aren't [View All]

[Bill McBlueState]

Myself, I don't really hold "tolerance" to be a virtuous position. It implies a willingness to accept every idea that comes along without analysis.

To use your global warming example -- Tolerance suggests that we should just try to get along with people who don't think there's a human influence. But if the broad consensus among climate scientists is that there is a human influence, then we should try to convince dissenters of that, not merely tolerate their ideas.

Same thing about gods. If there's no evidence for gods, then people should speak out against the belief that gods exist instead of quietly tolerating that belief.