Tolerance is a concept that has gotten a pretty bad reputation among conservatives in recent years because it has been used incorrectly by liberals. Yet tolerance and toleration are essential components of our social fabric. This is true not just when it comes to our Constitution protecting the freedom to do lots of things we dislike, but this comes from our own theological notions of Christian liberty. So I thought it would be interesting to get you thinking about tolerance by asking you what sort of things you personally truly tolerate, which means to dislike something without thinking it should be made illegal or stopped through force.
Monday, April 7, 2008
What Do You Tolerate?
Tolerance is a concept that has gotten a pretty bad reputation among conservatives in recent years because it has been used incorrectly by liberals. Yet tolerance and toleration are essential components of our social fabric. This is true not just when it comes to our Constitution protecting the freedom to do lots of things we dislike, but this comes from our own theological notions of Christian liberty. So I thought it would be interesting to get you thinking about tolerance by asking you what sort of things you personally truly tolerate, which means to dislike something without thinking it should be made illegal or stopped through force.
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