Dear Red America,
I've been
reading recently that a lot of you are dismayed that us blue-staters are so "intolerant" of your views and so on. You seem to be frequently surprised that people who like to describe themselves as open-minded and tolerant would be so quick to dismiss your ideas as redneck, bigoted drivel. So allow me to elaborate a little on this point.
Tolerance is accepting who people
are. For example, we don't hate people because they're black, gay, cyclops, etc. By contrast, tolerance
does not mean pretending that every idea is equally as valid as any other. Being tolerant does not mean that one has to accept every senseless, poorly conceived notion as just as a good as a well-reasoned, rationale position. For instance, let's take the example of gay marriage. When the only plausible argument that you've got against gay marriage is "I hate gays because it says so in the bible!" you're not going to get very far with us people that value reason and logical thought. In fact, we might be tempted to call you a bunch of braindead, inbred jackasses. But that's not being intolerant, get it? The analog would be pretending that a four-year old's essay is as well argued as a doctoral dissertation.
To summarize, if you want us to stop thinking you're a bunch of bible thumping half-wits, stop taking positions that indicate you're a bunch of bible thumping half-wits.
Love,
Idiot Parade
