Tolerance is a two-way street; part 1

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Originally published at An experimental life. You can comment here or there.

(Although I am writing about the Netherlands here, much of this essay applies to other countries, as well--The United States, for instance")

"Tolerance" does not mean tolerating bigots, and some of the alleged "victims" of intolerance are among the worst offenders. This is

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[jamer_31]

"Now here's a question--Why in the world would anyone want to move to a country whose way of life and toleration of various lifestyles offends them?" if i remember correctly the answer is to create conclaves of the religion so that they can create a zone where they can use their own laws from home and then grow the sharia law zone to eventually take over a country. examples.... these are the two right off of the top of my head.
the border of Pakistan and India. the Indian side of the border. Muslims move in, declare it a Muslim territory ruled by Muslim law inside of India then declare that they are leaving India and joining Pakistan. or Canada there is a rather largish conclave of Muslims who with government permission use sharia law inside the towns they live in and the government does not get involved because the would not want to offend them.

i am always very cautious of people who are offended by what they don't like. while at the same time not allowing others to be offended by what they do.