I Can Tolerate Anything Except the Outgroup (2014)
I really liked this perspective and I think I learned a lot about my own rejection of my heritage (it&#x27;s &quot;red group&quot;) and hometown friends and family. It&#x27;s true, I hate&#x27;m more than ISIS. Pretty silly, but I think it&#x27;s good that I&#x27;m chewing on this now.<p>One thing I strongly disagree with:<p>&gt;When a friend of mine heard Eich got fired, she didn’t see anything wrong with it. “I can tolerate anything except intolerance,” she said.<p>&gt;“Intolerance” is starting to look like another one of those words like “white” and “American”.<p>&gt;“I can tolerate anything except the outgroup.” Doesn’t sound quite so noble now, does it?<p>If Eich had gotten fired for arguing that healthcare should be a capitalist free market system in America, or that guns ownership should have no regulation, or some other red-group position that doesn&#x27;t involve the oppression of others, I&#x27;d defend him.<p>But, intolerance can&#x27;t be tolerated. Paradox of tolerance, sure. Arguably, making me intolerant (ARGUABLY).<p>There&#x27;s a difference between conservative political views and intolerant political views. The fact that a shitload of red group values coincide with intolerance (or that a lot of intolerant people are red group) is sure unfortunate for red groupers that are tolerant, but that&#x27;s life. (and no, blue group &quot;intolerance of the intolerant&quot; does not equate to &quot;bad people on both sides&quot; for me)