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msmemory_archive ([personal profile] msmemory_archive) wrote2009-10-26 11:55 am

Tolerance has to run both ways

I have a friend on Facebook who is an ardent Republican, and often posts links to video and editorials critical of President Obama. I must take a deep breath whenever I see them: I don't want to un-friend her, and if I were posting lots of links in support of the President I wouldn't want her to un-friend me on account of them. If I demand tolerance and openmindedness, I mustn't be a hypocrite. But it's haaaaaarrrrdd!

[identity profile] farmhouse-ghost.livejournal.com 2009-10-28 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I have the same issue, but from the opposite perspective.

It is very hard indeed :)