This comment was
in reply to an article on fundamentalists and their view of religious liberty;
a one way street in the author’s opinion. Chick-fil-A
Dustup Shows Freedom for Fundamentalists Is a One-Way Street
“you know, this "tolerance" talking
point is getting really weak.
I do not tolerate someone saying ugly things about
me. Do you?
If Mr. Cathy wants to speak about himself, that's
okay. He has every right to speak about someone else. Fortunately, the person
he speaks about has the right to respond.
Mr. Cathy doesn't live in a bubble. Everyone has
the same right to speak, including and especially those that have been spoken
about.
It has absolutely nothing to do with tolerance.
Gay people don't want or need your tolerance. We
demand equality. Tolerance presupposes that you are superior to me...that I
must beg you for your approval of me somehow.
I don't have to do that.
I don’t ask for tolerance: I demand respect.” Screen name CRandallB
Tolerance: Sympathy or indulgence for
beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting with one’s own beliefs; or
the act of allowing something. It can
also mean the allowable deviation from a standard, especially the range of variation
permitted in maintaining a specified dimension in machining a piece or part.
To be honest, like many folks, I’ve never looked at the idea
o f tolerance from the “I’m sick and tired of being tolerated” side of the
fence. And frankly, as one quarter
Quaker and three fourth Celtic I’m workin’ on it, I may find myself with more
sympathy for that point of view than before.
And this gentleman has said it a lot better than I ever
could. Especially when the attitude of
too many folks is ‘you just get back in the closet and I’ll tolerate you.” Thanks
but no thanks.
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