Tolerance and Thought Processes
Joe on the "wall of tolerance": “why should the views of some be "tolerated" differently from the views of others? What I fear, and this is a fear felt by many with the advocacy of "hate crime" laws, is that such attempted control of actions leads to controls of thought. Physically assaulting a person is an evil thing and the person who commits such an act must be punished. But no one should have their thought process questioned when they decide who's beliefs should be tolerated and who's shouldn't. One of the prices we have to pay for living in a free society is that we must be willing to tolerate the often-unpopular views of those with whom we vehemently disagree.”
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