History Main / IntolerableTolerance

* ZombieAdvocate: A human who defends the rights of non-humans

It could be that an {{Unacceptable Target|s}} is using their status to pick on AcceptableTargets using their former abused status to accrue guilt from others. Or that UnderdogsNeverLose... because that would hurt their feelings, and we can't have that. Or the jerk understands in full that a DoubleStandard exists, and they use this to their advantage whenever possible. In essence, it's when MoralMyopia exists, but no one dares to call it out. In especially absurd cases, this scenario will veer straight into LogicBomb territory if the perpetrator uses the idea of tolerance as a justification for ''intolerance'': I can't stand you, and I'm allowed to hate you because you can't make me respect you if I don't feel like it. [[{{Hypocrite}} That would be intolerant.]]

It could be that an UnacceptableTarget is using their status to pick on AcceptableTargets using their former abused status to accrue guilt from others. Or that UnderdogsNeverLose... because that would hurt their feelings, and we can't have that. Or the jerk understands in full that a DoubleStandard exists, and they use this to their advantage whenever possible. In essence, it's when MoralMyopia exists, but no one dares to call it out. In especially absurd cases, this scenario will veer straight into LogicBomb territory if the perpetrator uses the idea of tolerance as a justification for ''intolerance'': I can't stand you, and I'm allowed to hate you because you can't make me respect you if I don't feel like it. [[{{Hypocrite}} That would be intolerant.]]

It could be that an UnacceptableTarget is using their status to pick on AcceptableTargets, or OnceAcceptableTargets using their former abused status to accrue guilt from others. Or that UnderdogsNeverLose... because that would hurt their feelings, and we can't have that. Or the jerk understands in full that a DoubleStandard exists, and they use this to their advantage whenever possible. In essence, it's when MoralMyopia exists, but no one dares to call it out. In especially absurd cases, this scenario will veer straight into LogicBomb territory if the perpetrator uses the idea of tolerance as a justification for ''intolerance'': I can't stand you, and I'm allowed to hate you because you can't make me respect you if I don't feel like it. [[{{Hypocrite}} That would be intolerant.]]

* PoliticalOvercorrectness: People obsess over being as inoffensive as possible to the extent that they attack anyone they see as not being progressive enough.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: It's believed that society has gone to pot because too many people are overly concerned about being politically correct.

->''You may have the right to live anyway you like, but you don't have a right to have other people like it. Respect it or pay for it.''
-->--'''Thomas Sowell'''

* AppealToInherentNature

* JerkJustifications

* KarmicTrickster

* OnlyBadGuysCallTheirLawyers

* PowderKegCrowd

* TheUnfairSex
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou

* ZombieAdvocate

* CultureJustifiesAnything

* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord

* CrimeOfSelfDefense

* EatTheRich

* NWordPrivileges: It's okay to use a slur only by the people the slur is aimed at.

* StrawFeminist: A woman claims that their goal is to fight against inequality towards women, but she's really using her cause as an excuse to be bigoted towards men.

These people may use the warped definitions to say "I'm different from you. Even if [[ValuesDissonance what makes me different from you]] is that [[MurderIsTheBestSolution I prefer to murder my enemies]]. I'm disadvantaged and/or supporting the disadvantaged. [[EntitledBastard I have every right to kick you in the head and demand what I want]] because you have more and can afford it. Even if my demands means calling you names and forcing you to buy me a free lunch with no compensation in return. You must comply with it. If you raise a fuss, you're acting like an intolerant bigot and you probably deserved to be kicked in the head."

* SoapBoxSadie
* TallPoppySyndrome

* PositiveDiscrimination: A minority is treated better than the other characters.

* ActivistFundamentalistAntics
* AnimalWrongsGroup
* ApeShallNeverKillApe

* CantArgueWithElves
* ChewbaccaDefense

* DatingWhatDaddyHates
* DiplomaticImpunity
* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery

* EverythingIsRacist
* HidingBehindReligion
* ImAManICantHelpIt

* JustJokingJustification

* NWordPrivileges

* PlayingTheVictimCard
* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad
* PositiveDiscrimination

* SchoolBullyingIsHarmless
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior
* SelectiveEnforcement

* ThereShouldBeALaw

* WoundedGazelleGambit
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters

It could be that an UnacceptableTarget is using their status to pick on AcceptableTargets, or a OnceAcceptableTarget using their former abused status to accrue guilt from others. Or that UnderdogsNeverLose... because that would hurt their feelings, and we can't have that. Or the jerk understands in full that a DoubleStandard exists, and they use this to their advantage whenever possible. In essence, it's when MoralMyopia exists, but no one dares to call it out. In especially absurd cases, this scenario will veer straight into LogicBomb territory if the perpetrator uses the idea of tolerance as a justification for ''intolerance'': I can't stand you, and I'm allowed to hate you because you can't make me respect you if I don't feel like it. [[{{Hypocrite}} That would be intolerant.]]

These people may use the warped definitions to say "I'm different from you. Even if [[ValuesDissonance what makes me different from you]] is that [[MurderIsTheBestSolution I prefer to murder my enemies]]. I'm disadvantaged and/or supporting the disadvantaged. [[EntitledBastard I have every right to kick you in the head and demand what I want]] because you have more and can afford it. Even if my demands means calling you names and forcing you to buy me a free lunch with no compensation in return. You must comply with it. If you raise a fuss, you're acting like an intolerant bigot and then you probably deserved to be kicked in the head."

People with this kind of tolerance are also apt to say "We're happy to accept other people's points of view...so long as they agree with us." They'll reject those that don't agree, often by using verbal dodges and occasionally with violence that they expect not to be penalized for. Or they ''will'' tolerate people who disagree with them, allowing them to voice a divergent point of view - [[ExactWords and then kill them]]. Don't expect them to acknowledge the hypocrisy. Instead, expect such people to say things like, "This is a free country!"


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Some people use "tolerance" to take advantage of basic decency and give themselves free reign to act like jerks, or to make themselves blameless for acting like jerks because that's something they're entitled to or it supposedly isn't their fault for whatever reason. And if someone tells them that they're being a jerk, they can deftly turn the tables by saying TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong, so they aren't required to change their ways. These sorts of characters pretend to be HolierThanThou and have higher views of themselves than those who aren't as "tolerant" and "progressive", but truthfully they are nothing more than common jerks who uses "tolerance" and "progressiveness" as a cover to act like ItsAllAboutMe and expect special treatment beyond what they actually need or deserve.

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* CrimeOfSelfDefense

People with this kind of tolerance are also apt to say "We're happy to accept other people's points of view... so long as they agree with us." They'll reject those that don't agree, often by using verbal dodges and occasionally with violence that they expect not to be penalized for. Don't expect them to acknowledge the hypocrisy. Instead, expect such people to say things like, "This is a free country!"

It could be that an UnacceptableTarget is using their status to pick on AcceptableTargets, or a OnceAcceptableTarget using their former abused status to accrue guilt from others. Or that UnderdogsNeverLose... because that would hurt their feelings, and we can't have that. Or the jerk understands in full that a DoubleStandard exists, and they use this to their advantage whenever possible. In essence, it's when MoralMyopia exists, but no one dares to call it out.

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