Too much Tolerance Essay

Tolerance- tolerant people have a positive view of reality, thinking that different lifestyles and beliefs are all equally valid. They accept that there are different beliefs in the community so are able to tolerate them.

Appiah describes this tolerance as becoming more cosmopolitan, which is to have a wider understanding of other cultures and then be more understanding of their differences. As Appiah gives an example where he writes, “People are disgusted by the idea of drinking orange juice that has a cockroach in it, even if they know the cockroach was rigorously cleaned of all bacteria by being autoclaved in advance” (662).We need to understand how cultures have values and that certain actions are deemed taboo and that many cultures agree those actions taboo, but, there are other cultural actions that are everyday life for those who are raised in that society such as, eating cats, or even eating a red pepper on a Wednesday. According to Kwaine Anthony, “Cosmopolitans suppose that all cultures have enough overlap in their vocabulary of values to begin a conversation. But they don’t suppose that we could all come to agreement if only we had the same vocabulary” (664). I do feel if we had a universal language there would still be difficulties. Even if we set aside our language barriers we cannot set aside our culture, our values, and our blood deep belief system, a “cosmopolitan” society may still be a long way

Citizens all around the world want to be able to think and feel the way they want. In Canada, you have the freedom to think, feel, and express yourself in the way you want as long as it doesn’t harm others. In Canada, you have the right to think with a clear conscious and express your opinions without having to worry about people getting angry with you for feeling or believing something different from them. Your choice of religion is your to make without judgement. Everyone is different and everyone has different beliefs and in Canada, those beliefs are accepted and cherished. Take our government for example, some citizens believe the Conservatives should still be running the government and others believe that the Liberals should remain in control. In Canada, you have the right to gather and assemble without people trying to shut you down. Our government believes that if Canadians can express their opinions and believe their own thoughts then there will be less

Crime rates and particularly the rates of violent and gun related crimes are rising in most rich countries. Targets for blame include higher drug use, higher inequality and greater availability of weapons. While Liberal politics tends to favor rehabilitation and structural improvement to combat crime the right wing has always seen criminality as a rational choice that can be combated by deterrence. Zero Tolerance policing aims to stop serious crime by clamping down on the minor crimes like graffiti that the practitioners believe lead to further crimes and using custodial sentences for first offences. It includes set responses to particular crimes by the police although the courts maintain some discretion. Zero Tolerance is not necessarily

Acceptance is trusting, having confidence, and be welcoming of others. Being able to accept people with an open mind may be difficult at times but depending on our experience and the way we have come to be it can sometimes be very natural. In the three texts, “What, of This Goldfish Would You Wish”, “The Lottery”, and “American Flag Stands for Tolerance,” the author’s focus on the way we interact and relate with others. This quote, “We as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves” said by Barbara Jordan, demonstrates how everyone should be open and willing to accept those who are different and not to discriminate against others.

The “Politically Correct” movement’s purpose is to bring historically condescending terms, offensive music and art, and controversial educational content to an end and replace them with more positive and less-offending references. Offensive and demoralizing efforts are wrong, but the censorship and deletion of words and phrases that do not contain the intention to demoralize are taking political correctness too far. Politically correct (or “PC”) antics have created a social decline that is growing worse with each generation, specifically regarding areas of art, education, language, and our right to freedom of speech; the degradation they have brought to the American psyche has even led to

Tolerance is very important in today’s American society and also in Africa’s society. Even though we live across an ocean, tolerance is as important to our society as it is to theirs. Tolerance is the ability to tolerate how someone thinks, looks, and acts. In 2 of the short stories read in class tolerance is one of the main themes and focus points in the story. In “Dead Men’s Path” by Chinua Achebe, a new headmaster of a school Michael Obi tries to westernize the school and in doing so he shuts down a sacred path for the towns people. Also, in “The Quarry” by Alan Paton, a young boy named Johnny Day climbs this massive quarry and people of all races and ethnicities try to help this young boy get down. Tolerance is very important in

iii.Within a nation or ethnic group, it is acceptance of the right to hold beliefs that differ from the dominant religion, worship freely according to these beliefs and attempt to peacefully convince others to convert to that faith.

Canada adopted multiculturalism as an official policy, which allows the value and dignity of all Canadians, regardless of their racial origins, language or religious affiliations. Plus the status of two official languages, French and English. Canada promotes multiculturalism by encouraging Canadians to participate in all aspects of life. Regardless of their background, anyone can participate in social, cultural, economic, and political affairs. Everyone is equal to one another. Everyone has the right to be heard. These rights are provided to us through our Canadian constitution and our charter of rights and freedoms. Some people come to Canada and have a history of hate towards an ethnic group. Promoting hatred is not permitted in Canada. You have the right to have your own ethnicity in Canada but you must also respect others right to do the same. Canada has experienced racial and ethnic tensions. But the majority of Canadians are fair minded. We will accept and respect them that will accept and respect us. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the freedom of religious expression. For those who are new comers to Canada, you may contribute to this country’s diversity. But you need to be prepared to live in a

Hate speech is a term of art in legal and political theory that is used to refer to verbal conduct – and other symbolic, communicative action –which willfully attacks a person or group based on attributes such as race, religion, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, or gender. Hate speech thus includes things like identity-prejudicial abuse and harassment, certain uses of slurs and epithets, some extremist political and religious speech. For example, statements to the effect that all Muslims are terrorists, or that gay people are second -class human beings, and certain displays of hate symbols like swastikas or burning crosses are part of it. Those such activities are classified as hate speech if, and insofar as, they convey the idea that belonging to a particular social group warrants someone’s being held in or treated with contempt. However, Freedom of speech is the most important and basic right that a human in every country deserves. Freedom of speech and hate speech are two opposite things. Therefore, the government needs to draw a line between hate speech and freedom of speech to protect a citizen. Hate speech should be banned and extreme speech regulated because it is one of the reasons for many negative consequences in human lives

The Parti Quebecois’ stance on religious symbols is that public employees and members of Government should be banned from wearing visible religious symbols. The Parti Quebecois believes that this would allow everyone to be treated equally, get rid of religious bias and protect religious neutrality. However, this would not support the multiculturalism in canada. Multiculturalism recognizes and supports the diversity of a province or nation’s population. This ban on religious symbols goes against that by restricting people’s right to practice religion and freedom of speech. In addition, this ban does not impact all religion equally and takes away a major part of what makes us different.

Part I – Intro: “An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.” (James A. Michener, Space) I am here today arguing a denied, avoided, and controversial topic [Christian Persecution]; and, I am doing this so that I can make the increasing amount of attacks on our first amendment rights known. The injustice here is not only the attacks on Christians’ rights to religious freedom, but also because it is ignored. The rights of everyone are compromised because no matter what religion you identify with or even one at all, there is a precedent being set that denying someone’s right is okay. “1,400 documented attacks on religious freedom, at a 15% increase over the past year and a 133% increase over the past five years.”

There is an obvious difference between religions being accepted and being tolerated. Tolerance is a virtue that involves self-restraint of one’s self to maintain peace en contrast to fully recognizing and respecting different ideas, people, and beliefs (Tiedemann, 85). Tolerance is a baseline attitude towards things one opposes; it is effortless and solely requires one to not explicitly impinge on another’s way of life. (Wilhelm 2)

Freedom of expression comes in different forms as both religions try to adapt the forms of western Christianity to fit in and educate others about other beliefs harmonizing for the greater good. When prejudice and racial profiling affect how we treat another human solely based on their religion instead of the personality they exhibit or what they do for society, people become the monsters they perceive the other as. In the past 15 years, the hatred and bigotry have caused a need for people to defend themselves but Christians don’t have to defend themselves for the KKK.

Canada has always been considered a tolerant country, but is it really? We have been known for saying sorry for everything, for being nice. Canada’s recent laws have proved that they are not so tolerant as it is told. In the past ten to fifteen years, Canada has become less tolerant in terms of security, immigration, and religion.