Have noticed recently that usually the most ignorant people are the people who love to throw around words and phrases like; bigot, small-minded, intolerant, backward, old-fashioned. While being hateful is a bad thing, you have to realise that every human has a 3D personality, not like the 2D people that Hollywood and Politicians try to present us with. So while you may find someone's views disagreeable or just plain wrong, you should really be thinking about why they have those views. After all, empathy is the best way to get your own views across to someone, rather than just screaming 'extremist' or 'fundamentalist or 'communist' at them and running to grab your pitch fork.
And as a final note, I actually find personally that ''liberals'' are the worst culprits of this, which can probably be blamed on Hollywood and all other forms of liberal media for always convincing us that people who are liberal think about their views where as people who are conservative don't. Complete tripe; in my experience the majority of people will believe whatever they are told, regardless of their political, moral, religious or philosophical persuasion.
In spite of how aggressive someones view might be, they can't hurt you if it's only words or thoughts. So in my opinion we should only react aggressively if someone is making an active effort to oppress; not if they're just voicing disagreement
I love you all of course. Especially if you have tattoos. And boobs. Tattooed boobs and you will have my heart forever.
And as a final note, I actually find personally that ''liberals'' are the worst culprits of this, which can probably be blamed on Hollywood and all other forms of liberal media for always convincing us that people who are liberal think about their views where as people who are conservative don't. Complete tripe; in my experience the majority of people will believe whatever they are told, regardless of their political, moral, religious or philosophical persuasion.
In spite of how aggressive someones view might be, they can't hurt you if it's only words or thoughts. So in my opinion we should only react aggressively if someone is making an active effort to oppress; not if they're just voicing disagreement
I love you all of course. Especially if you have tattoos. And boobs. Tattooed boobs and you will have my heart forever.
Whether the reason for a person to hold intollerant views is based on ignorance or arrogance is not relevant to the fact that these views must be opposed. It may affect the way we need to tackle them, but not the fact that they need to be tackled.
Convincing people that they are wrong is a tough job, and one that isn't always going to work out. The battle is not for those who have already made up their mind and chosen the side of hatred. It is for those who have not. It is to make sure that all the people listening who have not chosen one side or the other choose the right one. And it truly is as fundamental as right and wrong. To allow hatred and intollerence to spread, even if it's just through words, only serves to strengthen that hatred.
All hate, all intollerence, all corruption... it starts in the minds of men. It starts with thoughts and words long before it becomes deeds. In order to stop the cycle you have to change the minds. This can only be done through words. By speaking about what is good, and condeming what is evil.
So in speaking about what is 'good' and condemning what is 'evil' everyone is going to have different, often conflicting, views. And that's basically how we end up in the state we are in. We all convince ourselves that the other side will be the doom of humanity and we must stop them. It makes much more sense to try and understand why they have those views and in the case of the worst extremists (those who would act on their views) ignore them and allow the authorities to keep a close eye on them. Like we do with terrorist groups like the IRA or Al Qaeda. We don't openly oppose them every day. We ignore their hate filled view of humanity and let the people with the power to stop them (the police and MI5/CIA/Interpol) keep an eye on them to ensure they don't try and blow anything up. In the meantime we live by example. By living non-racist, sexist, homophobic or xenophobic lives we are an example to the younger generations. We don't need to talk about it all the time, because often it will only affirm someones beliefs because humans don't like being told that they are wrong.
This comment has been slightly incoherent, lol. Basically I agree with what Morgan Free man said;
Interviewer; 'How do you think we can put a stop to racism'
Morgan Freeman; 'Stop talking about it'