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Re: Is lgbt dead in the water?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 13 Oct 2004 13:43:20 GMT
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In lugnet.people.lgbt, Lee Meyer wrote:
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However, tolerance does not mean we accept or affirm or approve
of their views. It is illogical to say to someone, ‘I disagree with your
view, but I also accept and approve of your view.’ No, tolerance is that we
hold our own view to be the correct one, but recognize another’s freedom to
have a different view - just don’t expect me to support your view if I
believe you are wrong. You are confusing tolerance with approval, and so your
claim of intolerance just doesn’t wash with me.
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True tolerance entails the recognition that one’s own views are not inherently
or absolutely correct, but are instead correct for oneself, and perhaps very
strongly held. Attendant upon this is the realization that other people’s views
might be correct for them and equally strongly held.
You say that “tolerance is that we hold our own view to be the correct one, but
recognize another’s freedom to have a different view.” That’s simply
incorrect, IMO. In essence, you’re saying “I’m actually right, but if you want
to pretend that you’re right, then that’s fine.” That’s an aggressively
smug position to take, by the way.
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As far as being misinformed, I would love to hear just what I am misinformed
about. Give me a little more than a one sentence hack at me.
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Misinformed? I don’t know--I’ll reread your posts and get back to you on that.
However, I would mention that you have a seriously flawed and self-serving
notion of tolerance, and I suppose that this notion may result from your being
misinformed.
Dave!
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) Hi Dave, well I certainly can tell by your views you are a moral relativist from your distorted definition of tolerance. There are absolutes in the world. Moral, logical absolutes. There are universal truths that apply to everyone, across all (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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