The New Intolerance

[koshergrl]

"... there is no mercy in putting butchers and bakers and candlestick makers in the legal dock for refusing to renounce their religious beliefs—but that’s what the new intolerance does. There is no mercy in stalking and threatening Christian pastors for being Christian pastors, or in casting out social scientists who turn up unwanted facts, or in telling a flight attendant she can’t wear a crucifix, or in persecuting organizations that do charitable work—but the new intolerance does these things, too. There’s no mercy in yelling slurs at anyone who points out that the sexual revolution has been flooding the public square with problems for a long time now and that, in fact, some people out there are drowning—but slurs are the new intolerance’s stock in trade. Above all, there is no mercy in slandering people by saying that religious believers “hate” certain people when in fact they do not; or that they are “phobes” of one stripe or another when in fact they are not. This, too, happens all over public space these days, with practically no pushback from anyone. This, too, is the new intolerance at work."

"“When people’s lives and careers are subject to litmus tests, and fired if they do not publicly renounce what may well be their sincere conviction, we have crossed a line. This is McCarthyism applied by civil actors. This is the definition of intolerance.”

"The new intolerance is an everybody problem for one more reason: It penalizes people who are a clear net-plus for society, people who spend their days helping the poor, clothing the naked, feeding the hungry, caring for the cast-off, and otherwise trying to live out the Judeo-Christian code of social justice. More and more, those people are also witnesses to a terrible truth: The new intolerance makes it harder to help the poor and needy."

The leftist loons target the people who do the most for the poor and needy, which in turn means those people can ONLY obtain assistance from the state, and at the state's behest.

The New Intolerance by Mary Eberstadt Articles First Things

 

[boedicca]

And here is another excellent piece on the same topic:

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It’s instructive to observe George Stephanopoulos’s behavior on this topic, given his role as a very public shill for the Democratic Party. He’s not interested in having a debate on the subject or in acknowledging the importance of RFRAs – something he obviously did two decades ago while working for President Clinton. He’s interested in spouting aggressive talking points to frame Republicans as bigots for giving people the ability to defend their religious freedom in the courts. That’s the entire goal here: turn religious liberty into something that lives within the bounds of scare quotes.

And this goal is motivated not just by the political aims of the left, but by a broad rejection of tolerance as a virtue. It was all well and good when tolerance was about conservatives and religious types swallowing their objections and going along with things – but now that the left is being asked to do the same thing? Forget about it.

“The paradox is that even as America has become more tolerant of gays, many activists and liberals have become ever-more intolerant of anyone who might hold more traditional cultural or religious views. Thus a CEO was run out of Mozilla after it turned out that he had donated money to a California referendum opposing same-sex marriage. Part of the new liberal intolerance is rooted in the identity politics that dominates today’s Democratic Party… The same reversal of tolerance applies to religious liberty. When RFRA passed in 1993, liberal outfits like the ACLU were joined at the hip with the Christian Coalition. But now the ACLU is denouncing Indiana’s law because it wants even the most devoutly held religious values to bow to its cultural agenda on gay marriage and abortion rights.”

Instead of reinvigorating public discourse about how we value religious liberty and tolerance in the public square, the left’s interest is in shutting it down. As Hans Fiene writes today on the motivations involved: “in order to keep our righteousness shiny, someone had to play the role of Bull Connor, and you were the best fit we could find.”

As I’ve been writing in recent years about the renewal of the culture wars, I’ve received some steady pushback from many readers on both sides of the marriage issue who believe that such talk is overblown. The lesson of Indiana’s RFRA controversy is that if anything, we have underestimated the commitment of the secular left to enforce fealty within a naked public square, where tolerance is no longer a virtue and the power of government must be used to stamp out dissent. For all their complaints over the years about social conservatives’ use of government to enforce morality, the secular left is more eager than ever to engineer the society they seek, no matter the cost.

The End of Tolerance And Enforced Morality

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Naw ... There's plenty of tolerance for known child predators and criminals Ted Nugent, Warren Jeffs and Phil Robertson.

There's a lot of tolerance for refusing basic rights and freedoms to certain Americans - gays, Blacks, Hispanics, women, vets, children, elderly.

Yeah, among certain groups, there's actually quite a lot of tolerance.

Edited to add: Nor is this tolerance "new". There have always been people who wanted to push their agenda of hate on others.

The good news is, that's why we have true Christians AND the Constitution of the United States.

 

[Mr Natural]

Their religious beliefs must be pretty fragile if they refuse to do business with people whose life styles they don't agree with.

 

[koshergrl]

"Only 50 years ago, liberals supported “alternative culture”; they manned the barricades in protest against the establishment position on war, race and feminism. Today, liberals abhor any alternative to their credo. No one should offer an opinion that runs against the grain on issues that liberals consider “set in stone”, such as sexuality or the sanctity of life.
"Intolerance is no longer the prerogative of overt racists and other bigots – it is state-sanctioned."

The new intolerance will we regret pushing Christians out of public life

 

[koshergrl]

"Only 50 years ago, liberals supported “alternative culture”; they manned the barricades in protest against the establishment position on war, race and feminism. Today, liberals abhor any alternative to their credo. No one should offer an opinion that runs against the grain on issues that liberals consider “set in stone”, such as sexuality or the sanctity of life.
"Intolerance is no longer the prerogative of overt racists and other bigots – it is state-sanctioned."

The new intolerance will we regret pushing Christians out of public life

 

[koshergrl]

Their religious beliefs must be pretty fragile if they refuse to do business with people whose life styles they don't agree with.

If only that happened.

They did business with them. They just opted out of endorsing sacrilege. I understand that you don't get it.

 

[boedicca]

Their religious beliefs must be pretty fragile if they refuse to do business with people whose life styles they don't agree with.

Then you must believe that Progressive Ideology is pretty fragile given the way conservatives are shouted down and uninvited from speaking at Prog Universities.

 

[AmericanFirst]

Naw ... There's plenty of tolerance for known child predators and criminals Ted Nugent, Warren Jeffs and Phil Robertson.

There's a lot of tolerance for refusing basic rights and freedoms to certain Americans - gays, Blacks, Hispanics, women, vets, children, elderly.

Yeah, among certain groups, there's actually quite a lot of tolerance.

Edited to add: Nor is this tolerance "new". There have always been people who wanted to push their agenda of hate on others.

The good news is, that's why we have true Christians AND the Constitution of the United States.

True Christians know that homosexuality is a sin. What would you know about true Christianity other than you are not one?

 

[Luddly Neddite]

"Only 50 years ago, liberals supported “alternative culture”; they manned the barricades in protest against the establishment position on war, race and feminism. Today, liberals abhor any alternative to their credo. No one should offer an opinion that runs against the grain on issues that liberals consider “set in stone”, such as sexuality or the sanctity of life.
"Intolerance is no longer the prerogative of overt racists and other bigots – it is state-sanctioned."

The new intolerance will we regret pushing Christians out of public life

That should give you hope that you backward, archaic, petty and pathetic trailer trash Westboro-type haters on the right might one day evolve into real human beings.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Naw ... There's plenty of tolerance for known child predators and criminals Ted Nugent, Warren Jeffs and Phil Robertson.

There's a lot of tolerance for refusing basic rights and freedoms to certain Americans - gays, Blacks, Hispanics, women, vets, children, elderly.

Yeah, among certain groups, there's actually quite a lot of tolerance.

Edited to add: Nor is this tolerance "new". There have always been people who wanted to push their agenda of hate on others.

The good news is, that's why we have true Christians AND the Constitution of the United States.

True Christians know that homosexuality is a sin. What would you know about true Christianity other than you are not one?

Then don't be gay.

What others do is none of your business.

MYOB

 

[Mac1958]

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I don't think the Left is claiming to be tolerant any more.

How in the world could they?

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[AmericanFirst]

Naw ... There's plenty of tolerance for known child predators and criminals Ted Nugent, Warren Jeffs and Phil Robertson.

There's a lot of tolerance for refusing basic rights and freedoms to certain Americans - gays, Blacks, Hispanics, women, vets, children, elderly.

Yeah, among certain groups, there's actually quite a lot of tolerance.

Edited to add: Nor is this tolerance "new". There have always been people who wanted to push their agenda of hate on others.

The good news is, that's why we have true Christians AND the Constitution of the United States.

True Christians know that homosexuality is a sin. What would you know about true Christianity other than you are not one?

Then don't be gay.

What others do is none of your business.

MYOB

Separation of church and state isn't in the constitution.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

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I don't think the Left is claiming to be tolerant any more.

How in the world could they?

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I have never said I was tolerant of racism, homophobia, mysogyny, hatred of children, vets, elderly or any of the other "family values" the rabid right holds so dear.

Equality. For all. Period.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Naw ... There's plenty of tolerance for known child predators and criminals Ted Nugent, Warren Jeffs and Phil Robertson.

There's a lot of tolerance for refusing basic rights and freedoms to certain Americans - gays, Blacks, Hispanics, women, vets, children, elderly.

Yeah, among certain groups, there's actually quite a lot of tolerance.

Edited to add: Nor is this tolerance "new". There have always been people who wanted to push their agenda of hate on others.

The good news is, that's why we have true Christians AND the Constitution of the United States.

True Christians know that homosexuality is a sin. What would you know about true Christianity other than you are not one?

Then don't be gay.

What others do is none of your business.

MYOB

Separation of church and state isn't in the constitution.

Pssst ...

Don't tell James Madison or any other framers of the Bill of Rights and let's be sure we keep it from Thomas Jefferson. And, you surely don't want to tell the SCOTUS.

 

[mamooth]

Steph and pals would have no doubt been just as upset about the rules forcing businesses to serve blacks. Those rules make her a victim, you know, and prove how awful the liberals are.

Conservatives, please keep up the whole "Discrimination is good!" routine. We appreciate the votes it brings us.

 

[AmericanFirst]

Naw ... There's plenty of tolerance for known child predators and criminals Ted Nugent, Warren Jeffs and Phil Robertson.

There's a lot of tolerance for refusing basic rights and freedoms to certain Americans - gays, Blacks, Hispanics, women, vets, children, elderly.

Yeah, among certain groups, there's actually quite a lot of tolerance.

Edited to add: Nor is this tolerance "new". There have always been people who wanted to push their agenda of hate on others.

The good news is, that's why we have true Christians AND the Constitution of the United States.

True Christians know that homosexuality is a sin. What would you know about true Christianity other than you are not one?

Then don't be gay.

What others do is none of your business.

MYOB

Separation of church and state isn't in the constitution.

Pssst ...

Don't tell James Madison or any other framers of the Bill of Rights and let's be sure we keep it from Thomas Jefferson. And, you surely don't want to tell the SCOTUS.

Well pissant you are wrong as usual. I just read the Bill of Rights, again, separation of church and state is NOT anywhere in it, which I already knew. Madison or any other framers would ship you libtards back to England hogtied with the redcoats. Stop pushing your lies on us you retard.