Have We Come A Long Way Since Rosa Parks Sat Down?
I feel compelled to say something meaningful about the death of Rosa Parks.…
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Reflections On Rosa Parks - Comments Page 2
Have We Come A Long Way Since Rosa Parks Sat Down?
I feel compelled to say something meaningful about the death of Rosa Parks.…
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26 - Scott Butki
Wow. Do you have any idea how significant those two words are?
Maybe you're trolling and trying to get a rise out of me. Well, it worked.
Let's look up the dictionary definitions here.
o·ver·come ( P ) Pronunciation Key (vr-km)
v. o·ver·came, (-km) o·ver·come, o·ver·com·ing, o·ver·comes
v. tr.
To defeat (another) in competition or conflict; conquer. See Synonyms at defeat.
To prevail over; surmount: tried to overcome the obstacles of poverty.
To overpower, as with emotion; affect deeply.
tol·er·ance ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tlr-ns)
n.
The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.
Leeway for variation from a standard.
The permissible deviation from a specified value of a structural dimension, often expressed as a percent.
The capacity to endure hardship or pain.
Medicine.
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Yeah we should find a way to avoid tolerance.
Why not just take the logical step and say you support discrimination too?
27 - Al Barger
Scott, YOU are clearly the one here arguing against tolerance. I'm just saying that you getting your panties in a bunch over every perceived slight against your imagined idea of perfect liberal good attitude is not a display of superior tolerance, but in fact of INtolerance.
It's one thing if someone is actively oppressing black folk, denying them equal access to public transportation such as Rosa Parks. Displaying a slightly abrasive attitude toward a particular woman (Gretchen Wilson) in the blog essay you link is something entirely different.
28 - Scott Butki
Speaking of Rosa Parks, tolerance and dissent...