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Originally Posted by Hansmoleman";p="
And let me tell you, it is NOT easy to be a conservative, and be a Bush supporter in this state. For people who claim to be so "tolerant" of other people's ideas, liberals seem only to include this for anyone other than conservatives. I can't tell you how many jeers or insults I've gotten for having GOP bumber stickers or wearing Bush election pins. I've compromised my grade in many classes (and was forced to drop from one course which cost me not only a lot of money, but also set me back from graduating on time) simply because I had to respectfully disagree with professors who were bashing our nation. Put yourself in my place and I guarentee you would change your mind about the tolerance of the left....
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On behalf of liberals, allow me to apologize. There are thugs and idiots on all sides, of course, but that doesn't excuse them. I'm particularly appalled at professors that don't tolerate political dissent in their classrooms. They of all people should be aware of the need to encourage intellectual debate.
Most of us aren't like that.
I'm reminded of the law of averages. Say a black person is walking along a busy street, one that handles 50 cars a minute. It takes them 10 minutes to get to where they're going. During that time, one idiot in a passing car yells something offensive at them.
Do you think they'll remember the 499 cars that passed without saying anything? No. They'll remember that they got hassled.
I try to separate the actions of the few from the beliefs of the many. But it's not easy sometimes.