To be Tolerant is to make sure that people are treated with dignity and respect, and you don't let hatred have any space.Īnd the US Supreme Court agrees. You don't get to take that away with actions, words, OR silence.īecause when you give Nazi's space to say Nazi shit, MORE Nazi's show up.Īnd if you're silent about their hatred, if you give them space under "free speech" you are complicit in that hatred.
Everyone has the right to dignity and respect. You don't get to treat or talk about people as less than human because of the way they look, how they dress, whom they love, or how they want to be identified. Join the discussion For commenting guidelines click on the 'For Readers' under the HOME drop-down menu. Submit an article to us For guidelines, check out the 'submissions' page. What you are advocating for is Consequence-Free Speech.īeing tolerant doesn't mean letting someone spout off with whatever hateful/racists/misogynist/bigoted nonsense. The Electric Agora publishes essays, videos, reviews, and humorous pieces, lying at the intersection of philosophy, the humanities, science, and popular culture. Saying whatever you want without any regard to anyone isn't Free Speech. Usually it's couched in "well, that's Free Speech!"
People think tolerance means letting someone say whatever the f**k they wanna say with no repercussions.
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