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True Dough

(26,215 posts)
7. I agree with Lotusflower and Hoyt
Mon May 29, 2017, 12:41 AM
May 2017

This excerpt from Zakaria's op-ed sums things up nicely:

"It's an attitude of self-righteousness that says we are so pure, we're so morally superior, we cannot bear to hear an idea with which we disagree," he said. "Liberals think they are tolerant but often they aren't."

It's one thing to state firm opposition and make powerful counter-arguments, but to attempt to drown out or completely suppress ideology that don't square with your own is harmful to free speech.

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Their (Pence/DeVos) thinking isn't merely offensive, it's dangerous. Solly Mack May 2017 #1
+1 fleabiscuit May 2017 #2
+1000 JustAnotherGen May 2017 #9
I fucking love you. nt LaydeeBug May 2017 #14
Yes! mountain grammy May 2017 #16
Thank you. betsuni May 2017 #18
Exactly. These ideas are not equivalents. NT Adrahil May 2017 #25
He has a point Lotusflower70 May 2017 #3
Agree 100%! BigmanPigman May 2017 #5
The larger point is that Zakaria is like a sportscaster who always focuses on... JHB May 2017 #12
In the words of the late, great Socialist Upton Sinclair: KingCharlemagne May 2017 #13
+1000 mountain grammy May 2017 #17
Coverage is always skewed Lotusflower70 May 2017 #21
From this election and the discussions afterward, I have learned that there are whole regions of Squinch May 2017 #15
I'm NOT WILLING to engage in "open dialogue" with fools. It's a waste of time. hunter May 2017 #24
Umhm. Many on DU try to make his point, pretty successfully also. Hortensis May 2017 #30
I think it is healthy to have civil dialogues even when they have offensive views loyalsister May 2017 #32
There's no middle ground Bradical79 May 2017 #33
The opposing viewpoint is admittedly based on alternative facts and disinformation .99center May 2017 #34
Doesn't really bother me when vile conservatives are shut down, but Zakaria does have a point. Hoyt May 2017 #4
I will listen to someone with differing ideas/opinions who also displays congruence between words and deeds Lyricalinklines May 2017 #6
I agree with Lotusflower and Hoyt True Dough May 2017 #7
I think in a lot of cases that is unfair. meadowlander May 2017 #10
Student audiences don't get to make their counter-arguments to Pence and DeVos, though muriel_volestrangler May 2017 #23
In terms of 45 and his voters? JustAnotherGen May 2017 #8
I agree that's exactly how I feel. mountain grammy May 2017 #20
The Conservatives are angry that Liberals don't match the conservative idea of Liberals. DetlefK May 2017 #11
Might I suggest WellDarn May 2017 #19
At what point does an opposing intellectual idea become an assault on people's life and freedom? nt LAS14 May 2017 #22
I've been told that I am radical noodle May 2017 #26
Anyone that supports trump is a traitor and should be protested. Kablooie May 2017 #27
Zakaria is off his rocker in regard to the examples he used. However, so-called self-identified still_one May 2017 #28
Oh, Zakaria, you also going to dump on the 8th graders refusing to take a photo with betsuni May 2017 #29
Is this the new Tribalism? crosinski May 2017 #31
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