Tolerance: A Lost Value

i.Religious tolerance is the willingness to accept and permit religious beliefs and practices which disagree with one's own.

Complying with cruelty is often just as harmful as deliberately showing apathy. Though Nazi soldiers acted under orders from Hitler, they still committed crimes against innocent people. Also, many people knew what was happening to the Jews during the Holocaust, but they did not fight against it. In the “Little Polish Boy” picture, people stood silent while guns were aimed at a small boy. They did nothing to stop the attack on a guiltless child. In another picture, townspeople laugh and point at Jews as they are forced to scrub the street. This lack of concern and purposeful mockery demonstrates the indifference of the non-Jews. In the third conformity picture, Jews run with their arms above their head during the Warsaw Ghetto revolt. It was not the Jewish people who conformed, but the Nazi soldiers who murdered so many people during their attempt for freedom.

Throughout the Holocaust hate and intolerance seemed like the only themes seen in the world. This period of time is often thought of by adults and youth alike as the time when the Germans persecuted the Jews. Assumptions are made that the Germans were cruel and evil, but, sometimes people need to peer through set stereotypes and find the truth. In fact, in the evidence below obtained from fictional film, non-fictional film, children’s literature and literature, there is a clear theme shown that hate and intolerance wedged their way into every person’s own situation during the Holocaust.

A newspaper editorial “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” written by Ronald J. Allen, discusses how in the U.S. “a person has the right to express disagreement with government policies”, but in China “citizens who peacefully express disagreement with government policies may be slaughtered” (Allen 18). Utilizing violence, a group of people or a person is susceptible to subjugation by those in power due to the fact that they are different. Observing the statement, one can conclude that this has occurred multiple times throughout history as we view the Holocaust, slavery, or Rwandan Genocide. Irrational violence suspends itself towards those who are vulnerable as an attempt to subjugate them, so they cannot and will not retaliate out of defeat and a feeling of

When facing change in society, people tend to become less tolerant and more intolerant. It is human instinct to fear those who are different and could cause a threat to society. This behavior was essentially demonstrated in The Crucible. When the Puritans faced change and felt a danger to their society they became increasingly intolerant of those who were against their strict Puritan beliefs. Even to this day, there are still those who are intolerant of others. Many of those in power have not learned from their mistakes, but rather commit the same ones their predecessors have made. The Puritan society in The Crucible became a breeding ground for intolerance and a past symbol for modern-day intolerance because of the Puritan’s strict

Many people are trying to stop the discrimination of Muslims and stop people from being intolerant. For instance, the Australian Human Rights Commission has started two projects to help Muslims. The “Unlocking Doors: Muslim communities and police tackling racial and religious discrimination and abuse Project and the Living Spirit: Muslim women and human rights Project” are two projects aiming to end Muslim discrimination. The Unlocking Doors Project tries to get Muslim groups to talk to police so the police can respond better to abuse or discrimination because of religion. The Living Spirit Project aims to teach Muslim women about fairness, equality, and human rights. People know that all humans have rights. The Holocaust was a terrible event and should never be repeated. These projects, the understandings of human rights, and many other reasons are why I believe the prejudice against Muslims can and will come to an

Tolerance is a key to any relationship. No matter how hard one might try to convince themselves they have unquestionable love for their partner and view every one of their flaws as perfections, tolerance is what is at the center of every one of those successful relationships, whether it be romantic or platonic. In the novel Jimi & Me the reader is given a personal insight on the happenings of Keith James’ family life in a constant-flowing monologue by our main character Keith. We see as he makes new relationships as others crumble down around him from this trait of tolerance or lack thereof. Though the audience is presented a diverse palette of connections surrounding Keith, it does not prevent the story from dragging from time to time. Sometimes, when reading Jimi & Me, it would feel just as effective to skim through the book as it would to thoroughly read it; the characters in are predictable, the main character is annoying, the writing style could be juvenile at time, and the conclusion of the story was wrapped up all nice-like with a little bow on top.

The Museum of Tolerance is a large museum that focuses on racism and prejudice. It is also home to a memoriam of the Holocaust. The museum attempts to crack the barriers of racism, prejudices, and discrimination. I had never previously visited the Museum of Tolerance before this class. I have been told of how it was mostly notorious for its Holocaust exhibit and its messages prejudice. From personal experience, the Museum of Tolerance appeared to be a popular place to visit and a place people often talk about or reference within conversations. The many exhibits in the museum expose the guests to different types of prejudice, hatred, and discriminations. Upon entrance to the museum there was a security checkpoint.

Therefore, when society allows the persecution of others, there is a significant amount of

Although I already knew of man’s inhumanity to man, the tour of the Museum of Tolerance opened my eyes in a new sense. All the questions I had come up with were answered, and I learned of many other incidents were the human race made mistakes. I learned that the Jews were the only group singled out for total organized annihilation by the Nazis. Every single Jew was to be killed according to the Nazis' plan. Nazi soldiers raided the Jews homes and and took them to camps where they were forced to work or be gassed. The whole family was taken, but only those capable of working long and hard were spared. The explanation of the Nazis' hatred of the Jew rests on their distorted world view that all of history was a racial struggle. They considered the Jews a race whose goal was world domination and who were a threat to Aryan dominance. They believed that all of history was a fight between races which should end in the triumph of the superior Aryan race. In their eyes, the Jews' racial origin made them criminals

Tolerance is touted in Christianity, and this hatred born from ignorance is the anthesis of what the religion is supposed to stand for. Conformity is the death of innovation, and the outcome of the trail stands as an attack on conformity.

This quote said by Meyer Gottlieb perfectly describes the crimes that occurred during the Holocaust, the mass murder of Jews. The high death toll was directly caused by guns, cruel treatment, and harsh conditions. Yet, all these things would never have been instituted if there hadn’t been an underlying foundation of hate towards the Jews. This hate allowed Hitler to pass laws that took away the natural rights, rights that we are all born with, of the Jews. Their rights to proper nourishment, proper housing, the right of dignity and respect, and just and favorable conditions of work were all taken from

Over the past few years, several deadly genocides have occurred. However, one of the most infamous genocides to occur was the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the “massive destruction of European Jewry during World War II, when millions were systematically persecuted and exterminated solely because of their social, cultural, ethnic, or religious characteristics” (Barel, Van Ijzendoorn, Sagi-Schwartz, Bakermans-Kranenburg). Contrary to popular belief, Jews were not the only group targeted in the Holocaust, as five million more lives were taken in groups other than the Jews. Three other groups targeted during his deadly event were the homosexuals, the mentally and physically disabled, and the ethnic minorities, whose death toll equaled 2,285,000, a combined total that clearly showed how determined the Nazis were in destroying their targeted victims in the Holocaust..

Identifying the intolerable can be challenging, we can infer from Popper's writing that intolerants respond with “fists and pistols” to any argument, use violence to attack contrary ideas “for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols.” Their main objective is not to refute the ideas themselves, but to destroy the bearer of said ideas. This concept is critical in attempting to understand what does and doesn’t constitute tolerance. Rawls would argue that we could not call a Christian, atheist

Imagine a world in which you are prohibited from traveling to another country, even though you are guaranteed the basic right to practice your religion. Remember how over fifteen years ago, people that shared nothing but your religion committed acts of terrorism, and people still hold you responsible. Picture an era where you and your people were persecuted, but now reciprocators of the oppressors are marching freely without a second thought. You can stop imagining now. Because this is the world we live in. A society of religious intolerance. It is defined as, “not respecting the fundamental human right of other people to hold religious beliefs that are different from your own” (“Religious Intolerance Introduction”). Around the world in six predominantly Muslim countries, citizens are forbidden from coming to America because of an executive order issued by the US. Likewise, on September 11th, 2001, a group of Muslim terrorists hijacked a plane, killing thousands. In present day, people only connected to them by their religion are still being judged for actions they didn’t perform. Another situation in which bigotry occurred was in World War II. The Nazi Party attempted to gain control of many European and Asian countries, all the while trying to rid the world of races and religions they saw as inferior. Now the Neo-Nazis have the right to march freely and spread their hateful messages. Religious intolerance is a pressing issue, causing harrassment, inequality, violence, and