Well, in a layman鈥檚 way it would be a person鈥檚 ability to ';put up with'; another person鈥檚 behavior, attitude, presence, or beliefs.What is the true definition of ';tolerance'; by definition and Culturally?
It means something like not going out of your way to be a dick to other people based on who they are. If you crap on the floor of a restaurant because the janitor is black, you are a dick. If the idea of lesbians and gays having sex when you're not around makes you feel threatened enough to wish you could outlaw it, you are a dick. If you are expending time and energy to attack individuals who have done nothing to you except be members of the wrong group, you are a dick.
Not being a dick is easy. When that urge to go troll Y!A with anti-whatever propaganda or punch a pregnant Brazilian arises just watch Jerry Springer reruns instead. Put down the lighter fluid and ask if this particular Mexican took a job you would actually want to do. Really it's not hard.What is the true definition of ';tolerance'; by definition and Culturally?
Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
- Robert Green Ingersoll
Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
- John F. Kennedy
(someone venting a bit?) ^
How one handles themselves in an awkward situation or circumstances where differences of opinions and attitudes are not the same as the other party's
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