Nymeria on 19 April 2017
Define tolerance. Should we force people to believe something or abandon something? No. Should beliefs or thoughts be put under scrutiny and held to standards? Yes.
Too often I've seen people hide ignorance or bigotry behind, "Well, that's just what I believe!" and entrench when challenge. Those people may be lost, but the climate of society allows those ideas to be easily passed to the next generation.
This is why the media matters and why it fails so miserably these days. All views are treated with equal merit regardless of evidence overwhelmingly favoring one side or the other. We thrive on conflict and spectacle rather than improving our understanding of issues.
