Tolerance is not just liking certain groups, even if they’re different from you. A non-Muslim who indulges Islam yet violently attacks Christianity is not tolerant. They’re a religious bigot. If someone likes black people yet despises white people (notwithstanding, as is often the case, their own blinding whiteness), they’re not tolerant. They’re a racist. If you reject a friend solely on account of their political beliefs, you’re intolerant.

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Punk rock philosopher. Liberalist contrarian. Grumpy old bastard. I grew up in a generational-Labor-voting family. I kept the faith long after the political left had abandoned it. In the last decade...