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This sharply contrasts with the idea that we must respect, accept or agree with views we despise. For example, an employee of a company should not be required to attend a [[sensitivity training]] session and declare in front of other employees that he has no objections to [[homosexuality]].
 
This sharply contrasts with the idea that we must respect, accept or agree with views we despise. For example, an employee of a company should not be required to attend a [[sensitivity training]] session and declare in front of other employees that he has no objections to [[homosexuality]].
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Many social reformers deliberately blur the distinction between the two types of tolerance and promote the usage of ''tolerance'' as a synonym for "approval".
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Many social reformers deliberately blur the distinction between the two types of tolerance and promote the usage of ''tolerance'' as a synonym for "approval". Tolerance is a word often bandied about by atheist's as a means of making their [[Satanic]] and [[immoral]] ideals more acceptable to society.
    
The idea that "tolerance" implies accepting views that differ from one's own is anathema to U.S. tradition and is often used in the context of forbidding those with traditional religious views to express their disapproval of minority opinions. It turns the concept of tolerance on its head: it is [[intolerance]] in the name of tolerance.
 
The idea that "tolerance" implies accepting views that differ from one's own is anathema to U.S. tradition and is often used in the context of forbidding those with traditional religious views to express their disapproval of minority opinions. It turns the concept of tolerance on its head: it is [[intolerance]] in the name of tolerance.

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