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Title: Many who shout 'intolerance' embrace tyranny
Post by: Natasha on October 30, 2008, 05:24:48 PM
Post by: Natasha on October 30, 2008, 05:24:48 PM
Many who shout 'intolerance' embrace tyranny
http://mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/reader_voices/?id=4813 (http://mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/reader_voices/?id=4813)
Matthew Sanders
10/30/2008
A recent news story described how administrators at Yeshiva University, a private Orthodox Jewish institution in New York City, who despite a clearly held moral code, are being forced to retain a poetry professor who disclosed his intent to become transgendered only after being hired (New York Post, Sept. 8, 2008).
This professor and supporters pursue a strategy aimed at forcing acceptance of unconventional behavior. Their tactic? Shout down, censor or label "intolerant" any whose convictions require opposition to their unconventional behavior. The result? The tyranny of tolerance.
http://mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/reader_voices/?id=4813 (http://mormontimes.com/mormon_voices/reader_voices/?id=4813)
Matthew Sanders
10/30/2008
A recent news story described how administrators at Yeshiva University, a private Orthodox Jewish institution in New York City, who despite a clearly held moral code, are being forced to retain a poetry professor who disclosed his intent to become transgendered only after being hired (New York Post, Sept. 8, 2008).
This professor and supporters pursue a strategy aimed at forcing acceptance of unconventional behavior. Their tactic? Shout down, censor or label "intolerant" any whose convictions require opposition to their unconventional behavior. The result? The tyranny of tolerance.
Title: Re: Many who shout 'intolerance' embrace tyranny
Post by: Sephirah on October 30, 2008, 05:34:57 PM
Post by: Sephirah on October 30, 2008, 05:34:57 PM
It's sad to think that tolerating people's decisions and choices, and accepting other people who are different from yourself should ever be needed to be forced. That says a lot. :-\