droomph
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Forgiving≠forgetting. Please keep that in mind. In fact, forgiving means to remember. How can you forgive, if nothing bad has happened to you? However, it's to start over.As I said, I'm intolerant of intolerance. So long as I am shown intolerance, that is what will be given back in return. I'm old enough now that most of my life is behind me, not ahead. I don't have time to treat bigots with kid gloves any more.
It's just like a video game with "lives". Everyone involved knows that you screwed up, and the "lives counter" at the top repeatedly reminds you of the fact you screwed up, but you try to go through the same thing without screwing up again, and try the same thing without doing the mistakes you did..
And "intolerant of intolerance"? I'm sorry, but I don't get that.
If you are intolerant of intolerance, aren't you intolerant? And don't you then have to be intolerant of yourself? And so on, to ad infinitum? That's the wrong way to live, especially for a person in a group that needs all the tolerance it can get and give.
And all religions get along with you.
For example, Islam and Judaism are closest to Christianity, so by default, their teachings advocate not to discriminate.
Buddhism and Hinduism state the path to Nirvana, or eternal peace, and nothing about moral living, other than guides for the weak-minded, which most shouldn't need anyway.
Traditional Chinese ideologies state that people should be respectful to others, and that is the point we're trying to make with equality.
Traditional religions, while some are crude and seemingly uncivilized for their human sacrifice and such, do almost nothing about morality other than recommendations, in order to please their gods.
I can't name one religion whose ideology doesn't promote a better world through equality and peace. It seems that you haven't caught my intentions and maybe I didn't say them clearly enough, but by the definition of the word "religion", all of them allow or promote equality, and none to suppress.
I am also trying to rise above the people, but the truth is, we have to ignore those who are loud and see those who don't speak as loudly. We will always try, but the truth is, the stupid people are always louder than the smart, because they don't know when is an appropriate time to stop talking. The best way to defeat them is to set a role model, and when the stupid people see that nobody cares about their opinion anymore, they will follow the role models and try to voice their opinion that way, and in the end will be a more effective tactic than to drown them out. I mean, if your neighbors were playing loud music, what's the worst thing you can do? Play louder music that you like to drown them out. But what does that solve? It makes them angry, and hurts you because you are doing more the exact same thing that you want to get rid of because it hurts you. But what's the best way to solve it? Ignore them, and when they stop playing the music, whenever that is, confront them politely and ask to be more considerate of others.