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Dave Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 12:58 AM
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A dilemma.
I have no tolerance for intolerance.

What does this make me when compared to a freeper?

:dilemma:
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TimeChaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 12:58 AM
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1. Compared to a freeper?
A good human being.
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Dave Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:02 AM
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3. Thanks, but
I find it odd to harbor feelings that I cannot stand in others.

I think I should have beers, and ponder this.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:01 AM
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2. there's a comparison?
no comparison :)

:hi:
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Dave Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:04 AM
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4. I was wondering,
because they are the most intolerant pieces of crap I have ever seen.

The fact I can't tolerate their intolerance made me wonder if I was just a flip-side of the same coin.

That's it, tequila shot time....:hi:
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:10 AM
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5. That's the argument repugs use.
According to them we're supposed to tolerate even those who are intolerant of others. If not, then we're being hypocrites.

But what we're intolerant of is people who would choose to opress others. That position is not only not wrong it's commendable.
Once again the repugs with their faulty logic try desperately to control the debate.
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Dave Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:13 AM
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6. Good explanation,
I had been lurking those "other places" and feeling irritated by some people's total disregard for others.

Time for tequila shot #2.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:15 AM
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8. Thank you!
Standing against oppression is no vice but a virtue.

Have one for me.

:toast:
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Dave Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:19 AM
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10. Hell, I'll have two!
And then probably fall out of my chair...:thumbsup:
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:14 AM
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7. Never worry about being intolerant of fascists. Why should you have...
...to apologize for being intolerant of fascism?
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Dave Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:18 AM
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9. It made me feel hypocritical,
something I see and find distasteful in right-wing shitheads.

I should know better.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:22 AM
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11. Fascism has no place in human evolution. If thats hypocritical...
Edited on Tue Aug-02-05 01:22 AM by Robeson
...then so be it.
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TheProphetess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:49 AM
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12. I share your dilemma
But we're right, of course. ;)
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 01:56 AM
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13. Intolerance is the only character flaw I cannot tolerate.
It certainly doesn't make me lose any sleep.
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khashka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 02:26 AM
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14. Different but similar
But definitely better. I'll take you over them any day of the week. Plus you're welcome to come over for dinner and they aren't even welcome on my porch.

The tolerance vs. intolerance thing can be a perfect semantic trap for libs.

Try situational ethics on a freeper, same thing. They hate it, revile it, but it defines their beliefs.

Cultural relativism is another one.

These are all what I call mindfuck arguments. And oh boy can they be fun :)

Khash.
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