Well said. It’s important to speak out on these topics rather than ‘tch tching’ and believing that saying nothing is sufficient.
I would substitute tolerance for forgiveness. A tolerance that might disagree with a point of view but does not seek to destroy the person for a “wrong” point of view. We are so judgmental, but it matters as you point out when it affects education and public discourse.
My own annoyance, more than that the arrogance of the Occupy Wall Street protesters, was the intolerance of this group. I recall in DC they arrived to set up an encampment. Media swarmed to interview the group as to their causes, but the “leaders” insisted that every person on the march speak in their convoluted fashion of passing the message (that got skewered like the kids’ game) from the speaker to the person with the microphone. They spoke of their comradeship developed on the march. The media folks warned of news deadlines and they eventually left well before anyone had a chance to describe their messages. They were as hidebound a radical left group as any right wingers.
Well said. It’s important to speak out on these topics rather than ‘tch tching’ and believing that saying nothing is sufficient.
I would substitute tolerance for forgiveness. A tolerance that might disagree with a point of view but does not seek to destroy the person for a “wrong” point of view. We are so judgmental, but it matters as you point out when it affects education and public discourse.
My own annoyance, more than that the arrogance of the Occupy Wall Street protesters, was the intolerance of this group. I recall in DC they arrived to set up an encampment. Media swarmed to interview the group as to their causes, but the “leaders” insisted that every person on the march speak in their convoluted fashion of passing the message (that got skewered like the kids’ game) from the speaker to the person with the microphone. They spoke of their comradeship developed on the march. The media folks warned of news deadlines and they eventually left well before anyone had a chance to describe their messages. They were as hidebound a radical left group as any right wingers.
Brilliant article. Cancel culture creates innocent victims and forgiveness is necessary!