#tolerance

[lorenzonuti]

Tolerance threshold.

[readerupdated]

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Meet Elise Gravel. She is known for her vibrant illustrations, and their positive messages about friendship, creativity, empathy, and tolerance.

(via Discover the positive side of life through illustrations by Elise Gravel)

[girlactionfigure]

[awesomecooperlove]

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[philosophybits]

We are always rewarded in the end for our good will, our patience, our fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange, as it gradually casts off its veil and presents itself as a new and indescribable beauty.

Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science

[secular-jew]

You can't go to the bathroom or use the aisle for any purpose, because an entitled religion-of-peace advocate has to block the aisle so he can do what he wants.

This is against FAA regulations and a safety hazard.

Tolerance seems to be demanded and only goes one way.

[alwaysbewoke]

[a-freemaniac]

If you want to take an early look on today's blog here it is:

This blog is a readers request and therefore I'll take the stand.

[themoonlitdream]

Made a simple carrd that allows people to share a descriptive explanation on Tolerance as a social contract, share as much as you need, no need to credit.

[outstanding-quotes]

I am very tolerant. I am not a moralist. I have too great a sense of the shortness of life and its temptations to rule red lines.

Virginia Woolf, The Waves

[mermaid886]

After seeing post after post about Hogwarts Legacy, I just can’t tolerate the stupidity anymore.

Everyone has the right to agree or disagree with anyone else over anything.

Why?

Because each living human is a sentient being with individualized thoughts, beliefs, hopes, dreams, and ideas.

Disagreeing with someone, expressing your own opinion, and advocating for causes you support are not punishable crimes.

A person who practices true tolerance tolerates even what offends them/goes against their ideals knowing that everyone has their own belief system.

If you disagree with someone, fine, disagree and move on.

Going out of your way to threaten, cancel, destroy, heckle, and disrespect someone else for their beliefs are not the actions of a “tolerant” person.

Being “Anti-somebody” because that person believes or said something that offends you does not make you a social justice warrior standing for others’ rights.....it’s a small step towards totalitarianism.

“YOU MUST AGREE WITH ME OR ELSE!”

You can’t force others to think like you, just as they can’t force you to think like them.

So then, if you’re one of the folks who’s foaming at the mouth for JK’s demise merely because she holds an opinion that goes against yours and by that logic she deserves to have her legacy erased, then...........You may call her a bigot perhaps, if you’re so inclined, but you yourself happen to be a fascist.

And thus, with your hatred and your inability to accept that other people’s beliefs may not align with yours, you have become the very thing you claim to despise.

Someone who agrees will like or reblog, sure.

Someone who disagrees will scroll past, sure.

.......But the person who unfollows/blocks me because of this post will prove the above words to be truth.

[dk-thrive]

The measure of a community isn’t how it treats insiders, but rather how it treats outsiders.

And that’s when I realized a truth that should have been blindingly obvious from the start: The measure of a community isn’t how it treats insiders, but rather how it treats outsiders. It is easy to be kind to your friends and allies. And when you experience that kindness, it can turn a small-town community into something like a security blanket. This is where you belong. But when you experience cruelty, a small town can be something else entirely. It can make you feel trapped and uneasy, as if there is no place to rest, as if your home isn’t truly your home.

What is your experience like if you’re the only Black or brown person in a sea of white? What is your experience if your household is a blue island in a red ocean, or a red island in a blue ocean? How much grace is extended to you when you fall or stumble? How much tolerance do you experience when you disagree? That is the measure of a place, not its love for its favorite daughters and sons.

— David French, from "Try Tolerance in a Small Town" (The New York Times · July 27, 2023)

[matan4il]

I already posted last year about why wishing people “Happy Holidays” (if you don’t know for sure they’re celebrating Christmas) is better and more inclusive, but given the posts I’ve seen this year on Tumblr, let me specify why it’s in poor taste to wish a Jew “Merry Christmas” even if there was no ill will intended:

Religiously - Jews who are observant are FORBIDDEN from following any foreign customs or celebrate any foreign holidays. It is not just insensitive to wish them a Merry Christmas, it’s disrespectful to their faith. Even Jews who aren’t observant may want to observe this prohibition as a sign of respect for their Jewish legacy.

Culturally - Along with its pagan roots, Christmas as it’s celebrated today is a part of Christian culture. It is inappropriate (and flies in the face of multi-cultural tolerance) to expect non-Christians to participate in or celebrate a culture that is not their own, as if it were a universal one, while also ignoring the fact that Jews have their own culture to celebrate. It would be weird if Hindus went around, expecting Christians to celebrate Diwali because Hindus do, and for them to take offense if they were politely reminded that Christians celebrate Christmas, not Diwali. The best metaphor I can think of is a man who goes around wishing people a happy birthday, but on his birthday, not theirs. It implies the only bday out there is his, and that if they don’t celebrate his, then they don’t get to celebrate a bday at all. And then sometimes getting angry if they correct him, insisting that they have to accept his bday wishes, because he had good intentions, he just wanted everyone to be full of joy as people should be on a bday. I hope it’s clear why even when the intentions might be good, this kind of behavior is completely insensitive to the other party.

Historically - Sadly, the history of Jews is full of persecution at the hands of other, stronger majority groups. This isn’t limited to Christians, but it does include the way in many places in Europe, Jews were often attacked on Christmas. To quote the beginning of this article: “For centuries, Christmas, along with Easter, was a time of terror and danger for many European Jews. Christians would sometimes turn on the Jews in their midst, blaming them for supposedly killing Jesus, and often attacking and even killing Jews with impunity. Throughout Jewish history, December 25 has seen some low points in Jewish life.” In order to minimize attacks on them, many Jewish communities shut down on Christmas, so while everyone else was rejoicing around the town, Jews were locked up in their houses. Please understand, December 24 and 25 are two of the worst days on the Gregorian calendar in terms of what was done to the Jews repeatedly.

“Happy Hanukkah” if you know someone is Jewish is great, or “Happy holidays” if you don’t know what someone’s celebrating, alongside “Merry Christmas” when you do know someone’s celebrating this holiday, and you show your fellow Jews (and non-Christians in general) that you care, that your intentions are truly motivated by kindness and good will towards ALL people, including non-Christian ones.

[literaryheart]

Apparently unpopular opinion(s) : I ship both kanthony and polin.

I love both Simone and Nicola.

You don't have to compare ships to appreciate ships.

[awesomecooperlove]

“SHARIA FOR UK”… TRY SAYING SOMETHING AGAINST JIHAD IN ANY ARABIC COUNTRY 🪓🔪🪚🗡️🪦

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[philosophybits]

The bourgeois is tolerant. His love for people as they are stems from his hatred of what they might be.

Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia