elfwreck:

schmaniel:

maxiesatanofficial:

patrickat:

Gee, I wonder what in the world happened just prior to 1945 that would have led to this conclusion.

this motherfucker explained why “so much for the tolerant left” was bullshit seventy years ago and people still won’t cut it out

“Intolerance of bigotry is not comparable to intolerance of humanity”

Tolerance Is Not a Moral Precept: 
“Tolerance is not a moral absolute; it is a peace treaty. Tolerance is a social norm because it allows different people to live side-by-side without being at each other’s throats. It means that we accept that people may be different from us, in their customs, in their behavior, in their dress, in their sex lives, and that if this doesn’t directly affect our lives, it is none of our business. But the model of a peace treaty differs from the model of a moral precept in one simple way: the protection of a peace treaty only extends to those willing to abide by its terms. It is an agreement to live in peace, not an agreement to be peaceful no matter the conduct of others. A peace treaty is not a suicide pact.”

We need to stop thinking of tolerance as a matter of ethical values, and move it to the same category as privacy: if someone is buying bomb parts and setting off explosions in their back yard, the neighbors may try to find out if they’re a danger to the whole community. 

Bigots are a danger to the whole community; they don’t get the polite treatment we offer to people who are just trying to live their lives in peace.