drunken-rambling: teachthemhowtothink: Today is “Eradicate Anti-Intellectualism Day” on my blog.  FYI.  ~JJ But tolerance is one of the main differences between us and the dumb and mean. LOL.  I know.  *sigh*  BUT “tolerant” and “complaisant” are two entirely different things.  We can be tolerant of the indoctrinated, the uneducated, and even the willfully ignorant… but we shouldn’t become complaisant and allow them to take over the dialogue.  We congenial liberals don’t have to just smile sweetly and quietly disagree.  We CAN speak up.  We NEED TO speak up.   I’m still a little worked up over that stupid Gallup poll, can you tell?  LOL.  ~JJ
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teachthemhowtothink:

Today is “Eradicate Anti-Intellectualism Day” on my blog.  FYI.  ~JJ

But tolerance is one of the main differences between us and the dumb and mean.

LOL.  I know.  *sigh*  BUT “tolerant” and “complaisant” are two entirely different things.  We can be tolerant of the indoctrinated, the uneducated, and even the willfully ignorant… but we shouldn’t become complaisant and allow them to take over the dialogue.  We congenial liberals don’t have to just smile sweetly and quietly disagree.  We CAN speak up.  We NEED TO speak up.  

I’m still a little worked up over that stupid Gallup poll, can you tell?  LOL.  ~JJ

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    Ha! Complacent and Complaisant have very different meanings and I definitely wanted to use Complaisant. And regarding...
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    COMPLACENT. And Janeane Garofalo is a complete waste of space.
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    It’s ok to be intolerant of intolerance.
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    ^^I feel the exact same way. I feel like a lot of the mess this country is in comes from liberals being too complacent....
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    But tolerance is one of the main differences between us and the dumb and mean.