TMI thread. Discussion of sensitive ADULT issues/triggers. Enter with awareness!

[LikeAWillow]

Originally Posted by cristochango

Being from the north, whenever I hear any of this get brought up I am completely awestruck. I feel like most of us up here are very politically correct, and tolerant of most. (You have the one or two exceptions, but every place does for that part.)

We grew up five minutes away from each other, and I just have to chime in that I think our "tolerance" is not necessarily a good thing. When you teach a child to be tolerant of someone else, you're teaching that child that someone's race and sexuality are something that you have to accept. The wording makes it seem like their differences are a problem, but like the good little white people we are, it's a problem we can pride ourselves on overcoming. I will be such a happy woman when we stop being satisfied with being tolerant and aim towards acting like decent human beings to other decent human beings.