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'''Intolerance: '''Literally this is "lack of tolerance". One need not condone or participate in an activity, idea, or circumstance in order to tolerate it, rather they would simply take no action designed to limit (or eliminate entirely) said behavior, circumstance or idea.  

'''Intolerance: '''Literally this is "lack of tolerance" (such as in [[Food Intolerances]]). One need not condone or participate in an activity, idea, or circumstance in order to tolerate it, rather they would simply take no action designed to limit (or eliminate entirely) said behavior, circumstance or idea.  

Example: The head chef ordered an exterminator to get rid of the roaches in her kitchen because she was intolerant of roaches, but she left the air conditioning off because she could tolerate the heat.

Example: The head chef ordered an exterminator to get rid of the roaches in her kitchen because she was intolerant of roaches, but she left the air conditioning off because she could tolerate the heat.

Intolerance is the supposed target of so-called [[hate speech]] rules and laws.  Various special-interest groups have forced companies, schools and governments to define any criticism of their group activities as motivated by hate.  Corretta Scott King, for example, conflates homophobia with racial or religious bigotry:

Intolerance is the supposed target of so-called [[hate speech]] rules and laws.  Various special interest groups have forced companies, schools and governments to define any criticism of their group activities as motivated by hate.  Corretta Scott King, for example, conflates homophobia with racial or religious bigotry:

{{cquote|"[[Homophobia]] is like [[racism]] and [[anti-Semitism]] and other forms of [[bigotry]] in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood." <ref>[http://www.equal-marriage.ca/resource.php?id=317 Coretta Scott King, 1998]</ref>}}

{{cquote|"[[Homophobia]] is like [[racism]] and [[anti-Semitism]] and other forms of [[bigotry]] in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood." <ref>[http://www.equal-marriage.ca/resource.php?id=317 Coretta Scott King, 1998]</ref>}}

Many liberals claim that intolerance is purely conservative.  However, intolerance is not limited to a side, and anyone can be intolerant. Saying otherwise is similar to calling black-on-white violence "reverse-racism."  Racism is race-based hate or discrimination, regardless of the identity of its target.

Many liberals claim that intolerance is purely conservative.  However, intolerance is not limited to a side, and anyone can be intolerant. Saying otherwise is similar to calling black-on-white violence "reverse-racism."  Racism is race-based hate or discrimination, regardless of the identity of its target.

==See also==

==See also==

* [[Fourth generation warfare]]

* [[Fourth generation warfare]]

** [[Essay:World War III has already started]]

* [[racial equality]]

** [[Essay:The coming Islamic Tet Offensive in Europe]]

* [[Totalitarianism]]

* [[Burning at the stake, Biblical pretext for]]

* [[Food Intolerances]]

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