Reply #116: I think you have a solid idea here, but tolerance needs to go both ways.

[Tigress DEM]

The article is making one specific point and that is fine, but it seems to me the real issue is about tolerance for both sides.

Give it some time to sink in. People's reactions may be a bit raw because of the general statements in the article.

The fundy right has been raping US with its religion and telling US if we don't go along we'll go to Hell. At this point many people are empowered to speak up and say, "Fuck Off" and it's hard to tell a fundy from a real Christian sometimes because of religious jargon that has been conscripted.

Just like a woman might not be able to sleep with her husband after a rape due to PTSD so are the people who have been abused by the right a bit punchy right now. But they'll get over it someday if we work on building MUTUAL respect and tolerance and don't act like they have to do all the work.

It would be a good thing to welcome more Christians to come over and join us, but with all the work that needs to be done, there isn't a lot of patience for whining here. Because of the last years of outright abuse from the right, Christians who want tolerance and understanding better be prepared to give it out first if they expect to get it.