tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780109186987821881.post4872404648128854622..comments2023-08-25T20:26:45.947-06:00Comments on Little Women, 21st Century Version: Why tolerance isn't enoughLittleWomen21http://www.blogger.com/profile/06091702178175691046noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780109186987821881.post-57120887387507552392012-11-22T00:57:39.088-07:002012-11-22T00:57:39.088-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Margo Berendsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476308235642890474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780109186987821881.post-32223542208831734272012-11-22T00:48:21.118-07:002012-11-22T00:48:21.118-07:00Acceptance is absolutely wonderful. The problem is...Acceptance is absolutely wonderful. The problem is, hardly anyone practices it. In our ivory towers we think we are accepting, until something is thrown in our face. Then how do we react? How often do we turn the cheek and say, "to each his own" - especially if we've been hurt? In the end, acceptance, though it is truly more noble and enlightened than tolerance, still fails when someone with different beliefs beats up your kid or threatens your livelihood or freedom. Margo Berendsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476308235642890474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780109186987821881.post-71498422601813447712009-11-11T05:39:37.588-07:002009-11-11T05:39:37.588-07:00I've never wanted tolerance, what I want is ac...I've never wanted tolerance, what I want is acceptance. Acceptance that you and I can stand toe-to-toe, eye-to-eye and, because of our different paths and experiences in life, we believe wholly different things. Acceptance that the path the other has taken may be as right for him as your path was for you.<br /><br />Tolerance is an insult; it implies I'm being tolerated for my heretical beliefs. Acceptance requires a surrendering of the soul, an admittance that, whatever protestations to the contrary, no one on this rock really knows what's really going on. Folks who can admit that get my acceptance, not just my tolerance.<br /><br />dave leoneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780109186987821881.post-21995248821624928202009-11-10T11:15:24.435-07:002009-11-10T11:15:24.435-07:00I don't think that admitting that we are flawe...I don't think that admitting that we are flawed goes hand in hand with the idea of being saved by some external God-entity.<br /><br />Tolerance "doesn't work when people get hurt" because people has difficulty seeing past the illusion of separateness. If people saw through this illusion, they wouldn't hurt each other because they would _know_ that they are hurting themselves when they do it.<br /><br />The idea of being flawed - valid. The necessity of an external agent to _intervene_ to fix us - not valid. We have the tools to see through the veil of ignorance, it's just so much work, and we are pretty damn lazy (see point about being flawed above).<br /><br />I really enjoyed this entry - keep 'em comin'!<br /><br />WesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13559079571086740367noreply@blogger.com