Ive said it before, and Im hardly alone. Many have observed it. Liberals revere tolerance. They practically worship it. Its like a religion to them. Well, now comes a study that supports the point.
A new survey by Pew Research finds that when it comes to teaching children, liberals place a far higher priority on teaching tolerance than teaching religion. That liberals do this in schools is abundantly clear, but they apparently do it in their homes as well.
In this, Pew finds, liberals are the opposite of conservatives. The starkest ideological differences [between liberals and conservatives] are over the importance of teaching religious faith, reports Pew. Among those who have consistently conservative attitudes across a range of political values, 81 percent think it is especially important for children to be taught religious faith. Among those with consistently liberal views, just 26 percent rate the teaching of religious faith as especially important, and only 11 percent regard it as among the most important child-rearing qualities.
Moreover, finds the survey, a staggering 88 percent of consistently liberal Americans list tolerance as their most important value in teaching their children.
While this data is significant, its also limited. It depends first and foremost on how one defines tolerance, and especially how liberals professing tolerance define tolerance.
I believe, in general, that liberals are not actually tolerant. Liberals tolerate only what they what want to tolerate. They tolerate things they agree withwhich, of course, isnt tolerance. Tolerance is about accepting the often-difficult differences between you and someone you strongly disagree with, and respecting that persons right to an opposing point of view. Obviously, thats not liberalism. This could be demonstrated multiple ways, but consider two salient examples pervasive in daily headlines: liberals behavior regarding same-sex marriage and abortion.
Liberals are relentless in denouncing, demonizing, boycotting, attacking, picketing, prosecuting, suing, fining, and even threatening to jail people who disagree with them on same-sex marriage. If your family owns a barn in New York (or elsewhere) and declines to rent it to a gay couple for a wedding ceremony, because such an arrangement violates your religious beliefs and freedom, liberals will fine you $13,000. If youre Elaine Photography in New Mexico and beg not to photograph a same-sex wedding, liberals will sue you. If you are the Kleins in Oregon and plead not to make a cake for a same-sex ceremony, you will be picketed, hauled before state commissions, and have your livelihood ruined by liberals. If you are Jack Phillips, a baker in Colorado, or a florist in any number of states, who likewise prefers not to service same-sex events, you will be threatened with imprisonment. If you are the owner of Chick-fil-A or other businesses, and you dare admit that youre against redefining marriage because you believe your God says you cant, liberals literally will assert at your death that Jesus is going to send you to hell. I could go on and on with such examples: Mozilla, Craig James, the owner of Barilla pasta, the governor of Arizona, etc., etc., etc.
Liberals refuse to tolerate those who refuse to redefine marriage.
As for abortion, liberals not only refuse to respect your opposition; they insist you pay for their abortions. From Hobby Lobby to the Little Sisters of the Poor, theyre making you pay. If you dont, you will be fined mightily.
I could go on and on with other examples from other issues. Look at how liberals run the universities, the training grounds for their missionaries of diversity. The faculty at these colleges are 80-90 percent liberal, and conservatives are not only marginalized but often barred from speaking on campus or angrily protested by these self-professing champions of free speech and open-mindedness.
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KENGOR: The liberal religion of Tolerance