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People say Britain is a tolerant country as if that's a positive... It's not. Being tolerant means you're tolerating something you don't like.

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Askeladd · 31-35, M
You have very faulty logic.
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@Askeladd Then tell me why being "tolerant" is a positive thing. What does it mean if Britain is a "tolerant" country? (P.S. I'm British)
Askeladd · 31-35, M
@SW-User Surely you are trolling and I don’t actually have to explain tolerance and intolerance to you.
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@Askeladd Nope. I'm being completely serious. People claim we are a tolerant country.

Tolerance:
showing willingness to allow the existence of people, or ideas, that one does not necessarily agree with.

In other words, you tolerate the existence of people who are not white in the UK. But you don't like them.
Richard65 · M
@Askeladd
He's right, the dictionary definition of tolerate is: "allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) without interference."
Askeladd · 31-35, M
@SW-User Why misrepresent it in the fashion of “not white”? Seems racist.

But, how is that not positive? Coexisting with people you don’t like is a negative?
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@Askeladd Aha, there we go. I say that tolerance means that we tolerate something we dislike, and I'm the racist.

I expect you support the EDL. Typical far-right nutjob. Every accusation is a confession.
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@Askeladd To be proud of calling ourselves a tolerant country is a negative.
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@Richard65 It's too late. @Askeladd is triggered.
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@Askeladd I'll also be racist with him, then, because you shouldn't be out there terrifying the public - no matter if you're black, white, orange or purple.

There is an alternative to being tolerant and intolerant, you could, maybe... accept people for who they are, regardless of how different to you they are.

However, seeing that you are the first one to resort to derogatory insults, I think you've already shown yourself to be incapable of that.
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