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Re: Yet another push for thoughtful legislation from Tennessee
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Date: 
Fri, 19 Mar 2004 21:51:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:

   Look, all I am saying is that if one is going to preach tolerance (read: pluralists), than be tolerant in all circumstances, not merely when it serves one’s agendas.

But, you’re demanding that Liberals be tolerant of intolerance, so wouldn’t you have to tolerate the Liberals’ intolerance of intolerance?

   There is no glossing (unless you are accusing conservatives of racism?), but merely pointing out liberal inconsistencies (WRT to this issue)

Are we to understand, then, that you will henceforth be tolerant of homosexuals as well as of Liberals who don’t tolerate intolerance? It doesn’t sound like it!

Dave!

No, he gets to be intolerant because he doesn’t believe in tolerance - he just doesn’t want intolerance of his intolerance, and will pretend that any intolerance of his intolerance is the same as his intolerance itself, and therefore said intolerance is not valid (neatly proving that under no cirmcumstances can he ever be criticized for intolerance). :-)

-->Bruce<--



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  Re: Yet another push for thoughtful legislation from Tennessee
 
(...) Okay, this horse is past due for the glue factory, but I just wanted to make this final observation. It isn't any secret that conservatives have lower tolerance level on most issues than liberals do. That's why they are called conservative;-) (...) (20 years ago, 22-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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  Re: Yet another push for thoughtful legislation from Tennessee
 
(...) But, you're demanding that Liberals be tolerant of intolerance, so wouldn't you have to tolerate the Liberals' intolerance of intolerance? (...) Are we to understand, then, that you will henceforth be tolerant of homosexuals as well as of (...) (20 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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