Comments on: Diversity on the Hill http://www.jennfields.com/2007/02/13/diversity-on-the-hill/ writer & editor Sun, 30 May 2010 20:25:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: sittin_witty_in_NYcity http://www.jennfields.com/2007/02/13/diversity-on-the-hill/comment-page-1/#comment-24 sittin_witty_in_NYcity Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:27:18 +0000 http://www.jennfields.com/?p=45#comment-24 Oh the many pearls of wisdom we reap from JF postings. The concept that true tolerance comes from being able to sit (well, perhaps at least on your hands) and accept intolerant verse no matter how egregious is simple ... but so difficult. And necessary. It's when the intolerant verse moves to intolerant acts of violence and oppression that we run into trouble. I consider myself tolerant on a religio-socio-politico plane but when it comes to hate mongers and the like, I find myself teeter-tottering. I am NOT tolerant of the Bush Administration or of, let's say, a guy at a bar who tells your troubled best friend she's fat... and for this I reap an abundance of stress and angst. I suppose this is akin to cutting one's nose to spite one's face. Ouch. I would make a terrible Buddhist right now... but I'm trying. Tolerance of the intolerant -- though not to the point of personal annihiliation, we hope -- is something we can all benefit from. Oh the many pearls of wisdom we reap from JF postings.

The concept that true tolerance comes from being able to sit (well, perhaps at least on your hands) and accept intolerant verse no matter how egregious is simple … but so difficult. And necessary.

It’s when the intolerant verse moves to intolerant acts of violence and oppression that we run into trouble.

I consider myself tolerant on a religio-socio-politico plane but when it comes to hate mongers and the like, I find myself teeter-tottering. I am NOT tolerant of the Bush Administration or of, let’s say, a guy at a bar who tells your troubled best friend she’s fat… and for this I reap an abundance of stress and angst. I suppose this is akin to cutting one’s nose to spite one’s face. Ouch.

I would make a terrible Buddhist right now… but I’m trying. Tolerance of the intolerant — though not to the point of personal annihiliation, we hope — is something we can all benefit from.

]]> By: Judy http://www.jennfields.com/2007/02/13/diversity-on-the-hill/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Judy Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:33:13 +0000 http://www.jennfields.com/?p=45#comment-16 Another case where a Goode comment is very, very bad. With voices like Hirono's coming to Congress, it gives us hope for greater human tolerance and a turn towards understanding and cooperation - away from the isolationist, arrogant selfish stance the U.S. has trended towards in the last six years. Aaaahhhh!! I feel like I just took an hit from my allergy inhalant! I can breathe again!!! Hirono is Albuterol for the brain. Another case where a Goode comment is very, very bad. With voices like Hirono’s coming to Congress, it gives us hope for greater human tolerance and a turn towards understanding and cooperation – away from the isolationist, arrogant selfish stance the U.S. has trended towards in the last six years. Aaaahhhh!! I feel like I just took an hit from my allergy inhalant! I can breathe again!!! Hirono is Albuterol for the brain.

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