Thursday, November 09, 2023

Why So Many ‘Tolerant’ People Are Actually the Opposite

Why So Many ‘Tolerant’ People Are Actually the Opposite
  • It’s become common to point out that those who most preach “tolerance” are often themselves highly “intolerant.”
"But why is that?
...A big problem in society today is that the virtue of tolerance is often isolated and promoted apart from traditional virtues such as justice, temperance, courage, and, of course, prudence. 
The result is a society populated by many people who extol tolerance, but who lack the wisdom necessary to avoid the extremes of softheadedness and narrowmindedness described above...

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