Is it hypocritical of the Left to preach Love, Acceptance and Unity while being intolerant towards the Right?

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The left constantly reiterates that we need to be accepting of everyone regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation gender identity or transgender status, disability, genetic information etc. which I do agree with however anyone who thinks differently they treat with malice and distain which I do not agree with.
Why do they behave in such a intolerant manner? And why do you think it's right or wrong?

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loveslongnails | 2.6K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.
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"The left". "They". Perhaps you should start by eliminating sweeping generalizations from your analysis. Not all, not even a majority, of either side is as intolerant as you make it sound. Let's highlight a key statement here, which is:
" ... anyone who thinks differently THEY treat with malice and distain". I don't accept that as true, but rather, anecdotally true for yourself.

And I want to make another point. There ARE certain things that would make me "feel" disdain or disrespect towards others because of how they "think", as I'm sure it would for you too. It's not so much that they "think differently" than I do, it's "how differently" they think. If a Caucasian person says to me " You know, racism wouldn't be a problem if we just killed all non-whites, and I'm down for doing that", am I supposed to respect that point of view? No. I grant that you have the "right" to think it, but I don't have to respect it, but I'll tolerate your right to share the planet as long as you don't enact those thoughts.

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  That's not what I meant but you're free to interpret it however you want to.
- loveslongnails
  
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  Well then kindly explain in more clarity what you do mean? If I misread your intent, please elaborate.
SuccessfulHornDog | 9.1K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.
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The old left was liberal and tolerant.
The new left is illiberal and intolerant. They use tactics akin to Marxists and communists of the last century.

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  Agreed.

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Holy sheep shit! For a 17 year old, you have 10 times more wisdom than most of the 50 year olds on this site.
A part of me wants you to get into politics as a career, but the other part of me stay clear of it, because the Dems have become monsters.
I saw a question on here about whether or not it was OK to attack Trumps family.
The question alone is shocking. How is that even a question? But many people said they were fair game. They deserve it. I seriously have no clue how anyone can be a liberal.

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- ninaneedshelp
  
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  Thank you! It would be nice to be in politics but as you said the democrats are ruthless.
  I’m glad you understand where I’m coming from.
- Opinion Owner
  
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  I remember during one of the debates when Hillary attempted to attack Trump.
  
  She said: "Isn't it true that you by Chinese steel for your construction projects in America? "
  
  Trump: "Yes, of course. If you didn't like it, you had 35 years to make it against the law, but you didn't."
  
  Hillary's face turned red, and she was pissed. He owned her. That's why they hate him.
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  Exactly!
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  Thank you, and I hope you will be our president some day.
- ninaneedshelp
  
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  Thanks for your vote of confidence!
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  But don't do it. Just become a brilliant scientist.
  
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  2. Laws being made.
  
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- ninaneedshelp
  
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  lol I'll remember that.
- Opinion Owner
  
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  He's now making bank on the talk circuit. Good for him.
Anonymous

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Right wing are traditionally nationalist, which means hatred of the "other". Left wing is traditionally internationalist, which means "we are all in this together". Of course one side has love and acceptance and the other is love and acceptance *but just for us*.

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  I don't think you quite understood the question
- Opinion Owner
  
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  I don't think you got what I was saying. It doesn't make sense to tolerate the intolerant. The right are intolerant, so why should the left support intolerant people?
- ninaneedshelp
  
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  If you don't tolerate the person you don't agree with, then you are, by default intolerant.
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- Opinion Owner
  
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  but it's morally ok to be intolerant to the intolerant. Imagine being in a room with a Nazi. Even Ghandi would be intolerant to them.
- ninaneedshelp
  
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  Well I guess that’s why your way of thinking is hypocritical. I lean towards the right in many ways but with God’s help I’m purposing in my heart not to be intolerant toward people who don’t agree with me.
- Opinion Owner
  
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  When you say right wing, do you mean you hate gays, trans people, immigrants, disabled people, poor people?

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Guffrus | 1K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.
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How are you Americans so fucking dumb?

I just never get used to it, maybe I should just accept that I have to lower my expectations of you or something?

Why can't i be more tolerant?

I just dont have enough patience, there is only so long you can watch a dog ineffectually pawing at a door before you just open it, its just not going to happen otherwise.

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worldscolide | 3.1K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.
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Whats sad here is the left is WAY more intolerant than the right.. I mean they are actively pushing segregation under the guise of safe spaces..

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disgustingweebtrash | 4.5K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.
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The left laugh at the right wing calling them tribalistic for having patriotism, but anyone who doesn't subscribe to their ideology isn't even a human being which in itself is pretty tribalistic.

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David_Bayer | 260 opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.
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Maybe, honestly I don't care for either left and right I think it's bullshit.

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Agape93 | 5.9K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.
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Politics is by nature intolerant of others. What do you expect?

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- ninaneedshelp
  
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  For people to live what they preach. Words don’t matter but actions do!
- Agape93
  
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  Words do matter as they can inspire action.
  
  You ask a lot then. People tend to do what is expedient to what they want, and that can mean making sacrifices or lying.
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  Well then I don’t think you understand what I mean
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  Oh I know what you meant.
Anonymous

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But Hate has no home here, except for the Truth, God, and anything else in direct violation of their world view.

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Yes, very.

The left is, by far, THE most hatefully and violently intolerant segment of society today.

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crack_jack
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Yes it is absolutely hypocritical. But then left are left. They love doing that everywhere around the globe.

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Anonymous

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Pretty much. Left and Hypocrisy are pretty much synonyms now

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Uannoyme | 989 opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.
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They meant everyone else, not them.

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OddBeMe | 11.3K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.
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Yeah, but it doesn’t mean you guys aren’t too.

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- ninaneedshelp
  
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  Yeah but they like to shove it in your face.
- OddBeMe
  
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  You righties shoved Trump in our face for years.
- ninaneedshelp
  
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  We didn’t actually you guys just hated on him since the get go
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- OddBeMe
  
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  tell me why I should like him.
- ninaneedshelp
  
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  You don’t have to. I already know you have your mind made up and there’s nothing I can say to change it. But what I admire in him is that he has the courage to stand for what he believes is true even if nobody stands for and with him. Also look how many troops came home because of him. I love America and so does he. There are only three presidents that have tried to get us back to our gold standard. Abraham Lincoln, John Kennedy and Trump. We already know how the first two ended. They were assassinated and so were their assassins. For Trump they’re assassinating his character and you can see that there’s a bigger picture. You don’t have to like him but at the end of the day you do need to try and see things for what they are.
- OddBeMe
  
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  (Sigh)
  1) Obama ended the Iraq war against GOP desires
  2) the gold standard would cut our economy in half (hint: there’s only like $7 trillion in gold in the world)
  3) Trump is assassinating his own image
  4) he incited a riot that killed policemen.
- ninaneedshelp
  
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  He didn’t incite a riot if he only told us to make our voices heard if you translate that in any other way that’s on you.
  Obama may have ended the war in Iraq but if so why did he still have troops there?
  Kamala and Biden never said anything about blm riots when they were killing police men in fact Kamala said the riots would continue and encouraged people to do so. I’m not sure what makes this instance different from other people who protested a the capitol and I’m also not sure why no one said anything about their lawlessness but wants to point out the small handful of antifa meme era who are known members of antifa and blm to try and prove a point. I also don’t understand why on his Twitter page the guy said we need to go and with explicit colorful language said shake things up. And he wasn’t banned from Twitter or Facebook nor did he go to jail. It’s obvious that you all have extreme double standards and that’s very wrong.
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  “Go tot en Capitol and fight like hell for our country”
joeldalton | 6.3K opinions shared on Society & Politics topic.
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Of course it is... they're all phonies.

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Definitely

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