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Originally Posted by Jasper84  Well, if they did tolerate people that did not tolerate others, they would be idiots, wouldn't they. The idea of tolerance is to not hate/harm etc, each other for petty differences, allowing it to be an one-way street is just asking to be hated/harmed by these people. |
In America, it's not that you should be tolerant, it's that you should be tolerant of people on the Politically Correct list. Whoever isn't on the list is screwed. The loud media-driven tolerance movement is pretty hypocritical. Which is sad, because we really do need more genuine tolerance of our fellows.
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Secularism does not mean the politicians do not have a religion, it means that they do not show it in their jobs. It is perfectly allowed to be affected by religion, but i cannot count anyone secular if they draw arguments from religion in public office. Maybe it is even that religion only distracts from standpoints, it is easier to say I'll be a "good Christian"(or whatever) then it is to give your standpoints. (what being a "good Christian" seems subjective to me)
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If they decide to ostracize people or wage war because of religion, then I see the problem. If they want to do good because of it, then what's the problem?
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Where did you get that idea? Certainly not from Americas politics?
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I don't know what part of America is seen elsewhere. There is a strong religious component of America and they're in (political) power right now. There is also an equally strong component that fights against all things religious. The fight is very personal and very emotional on both sides. There are some issues that people fight about, but there is also the fight about religion itself. It's pretty nasty, and brings out the worst of people on both sides.