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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I agree with you all basically. For me this is such a large, depressing and utterly complex topic I don't know where to start. My feeling is that intolerance is inevitable, somehow inherent to the human nature. An outcome of trying to simplify things and one's frustration with the complexity of it all. But in a more general sense... Appearances aren't the only source of conflict. People are different in so many ways. Culture, nationality, way of thinking, temperament, intelligence, wisdom and the list goes on forever. What are the things that everyone should be tolerant about? What are the things that we should disapprove? Where does the line go? I think that in a way it all boils down to intention and hate. It's probably important not to hate. But is it possible for a human being to hate nothing? We aren't always capable of evaluating the intentions of others. Should we hate people who have done wrong or should we believe in them, support them with guidance? It's ultimately our culture that defines and simplifies the rules for tolerance in our lives. But is that culture the right one? Is the strive for tolerance in all things the way of a good person? Probably not because absolute tolerance means apathy. We act based on our values. We do what we think is good for us. Being intolerant of irrelevant cultural or other insignificant differences is just ignorance is it not? Should we then be intolerant of stupid people? What if it is not their fault they're stupid. Is it then right to be intolerant? Pardon my extremely messy way of thinking. Loading...
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