JWeinCom said:
Nah, fuck that. Don't think the left ever portrayed themselves like that. Tolerance means not hating people for things that they cannot control (race, gender expression, nationality) or the way they choose to live their life insofar as it does not hurt anyone else. Doesn't mean that when people do terrible things we have to say "thank you sir, may I have another". Don't think the left ever claimed to be Ghandi. We're human. We get angry because that's a natural thing humans do. And sometimes, we hate people, particularly when they do terrible things. If we can't live up to the ridiculous double standard you're setting up here, oh well. |
I said the left wasn't expected to be perfectly nice based on what they set as standard. There's room in there for positivity and negativity, but there is a line at the lower end of negativity that's frowned upon or worse if crossed.
I've often since Trump seen the saying thrown around of, "if the left didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any at all". Now while there's some truth to this, it's not entirely true. It also doesn't only apply to the left. The right, like with Mitch recently about SCOTUS, also have that flaw.
I didn't write all that to jab anyone, I wrote it constructively. The only way people better themselves is to reflect on their flaws, make necessary changes, and move on. This goes for everyone, including Trump. Problem with Trump is trying to teach an old dog new tricks is tough enough, especially when the dog is more like a lion.
If you disagree that's fine. It doesn't encompass everyone as I pointed out from my point of view.