Shimmy Shai 🌹

So you got it, but you think other people won’t because you’re so much smarter than them?

Wow, that's a lot to read into a post that said nothing of the sort. No, because I know that I had *trouble* with it (and other things, too) that I know it could be phrased better. If you want, because there are probably people who are as *stupid* as I am.

Probably not many.

How do you know that - particularly as I said with regard to other pieces than the one you wrote, which was my chief concern? Nonetheless, I don't think "many" vs. "not many" counts for as much when it isn't hard to write it the other way.

For example, here's how it could be done:

"I hate that we praise people who only preach #tolerance, but go no further. It is necessary, but not sufficient. 'Tolerance', alone, can be likened to what you might show a neighbor's barking dog, when we must show each other love and genuine acceptance."

I think we are all on the same side. English can be a limited a subjective language. I remember this quote, "Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others."

Sure and sure. But I think his point is going on a definition of "tolerance" that means something like "to not come out outright in opposition, even if you deeply feel negatively about". In other words, that "tolerance" is simply about cessation of overt hostilities, as opposed