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Atheists & Agnostics

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3. Good question.

Thu Sep 17, 2015, 02:28 PM

Sep 2015

If it were up to me anyone who repeatedly posts homophobic statements and calls members of another minority group "vermin" would be banned from DU.

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Why is tolerance so difficult? [View all] PassingFair Sep 2015 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Sep 2015 #2

Good question. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #3

I find some things very uncomfortable Warpy Sep 2015 #4

Because when humans were evolving Binkie The Clown Sep 2015 #5

Like the "forager band" in... PassingFair Sep 2015 #6

Well... Binkie The Clown Sep 2015 #11

Because faith is fleeting. jeff47 Sep 2015 #8

Steven Pinker talks about expanding circles of altruism. AlbertCat Sep 2015 #9

I tolerate people's fantastical bullshit all the live-long day. Iggo Sep 2015 #10

Because people don't understand what tolerance really means LostOne4Ever Sep 2015 #12

daring push back against the shit thrown on us on a daily basis. AlbertCat Sep 2015 #13

This. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #14

why? easy. edhopper Sep 2015 #15