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Tolerance ... or lack thereof - 10/2/2006 12:26:26 PM

ToGiveDivine

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Okay, I'm Naive!

I figured that people in the lifestyle would be more tolerant of other people's preferences, etc. - it appears that like any group, there is a certain percentage of intolerant people that can't just say, "To each their own"

I try to live by the, "Don't judge, lest you be judged" motto anymore - I was more intolerant in my younger days (I still have a problem with stupid people, but I digress)

I'm considered your average white male who leans more conservative. I'm not a rascist, a bigot, etc. I don't think a person's race, color, size, creed, whatever indicates what type of person they are (there appears to be stupid people in every known category of people, but I digress once again), but there are trends in some ways (Carlos Mencia is quite good at pointing these out - and we all laugh at ourselves because of it).

I'm not against illegal immigration because they happen to be Mexican; I just think we should know who's coming into the country and it's not fair to the Mexicans that are trying to immigrate using the legal methods. There are submissive Asians, but not all of them are and so what if they want to be. Not all bald white guys are skin heads, but you will find some. Pick any category of person, think about the stereotype associated with that category, and then think of anyone in your own category that fits that stereotype. I've been able to think of at least one and sometimes that person was me (who knew I was part Indian LOL)

As for Stupid people, understand my definition. A person that is ignorant in some topic is simply unaware or does not have knowledge of that particular topic; all of us fit into the category on many topics. A Stupid person is knowledgable / aware of the topic, but insists on saying or doing the wrong thing anyway.

For the record, I have been stupid on more occasions than I'm pleased to admit - guess I'm human ;-) In fact, I did something stupid last week to someone on one of these message boards - thank goodness they were kind and understanding, and, I'm glad to say, tolerant of my faux pax.

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RE: Tolerance ... or lack thereof - 10/2/2006 12:33:26 PM

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Stupid is as stupid does!

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RE: Tolerance ... or lack thereof - 10/2/2006 12:56:05 PM

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I figured that people in the lifestyle would be more tolerant of other people's preferences

----ALERT----
People in the lifestyle are like any other people. No more or less tolerant than the general population.

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RE: Tolerance ... or lack thereof - 10/2/2006 1:01:45 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: KatyLied

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I figured that people in the lifestyle would be more tolerant of other people's preferences

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People in the lifestyle are like any other people. No more or less tolerant than the general population.

And we hide candy corn too... I bought a bunch yesterday and ate it... so now how tolerant are ya about that situation (WEG)

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RE: Tolerance ... or lack thereof - 10/2/2006 1:03:13 PM

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I could tolerate the shit outta that situation, I detest candy corn.......you can have it all.

Ron

(NOTE: This ain't fuckin' old home week tho, there is a bunch of stuff I don't tolerate)

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RE: Tolerance ... or lack thereof - 10/2/2006 1:06:33 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

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ORIGINAL: KatyLied

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I figured that people in the lifestyle would be more tolerant of other people's preferences

----ALERT----
People in the lifestyle are like any other people. No more or less tolerant than the general population.

And we hide candy corn too... I bought a bunch yesterday and ate it... so now how tolerant are ya about that situation (WEG)

Well, you are just a sicko!!!!

My next question is - why am I so oddly aroused by it :-D

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RE: Tolerance ... or lack thereof - 10/2/2006 1:24:55 PM

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I will let you answer your own question...

I have my own odd fetish called interuptophilia... my Daddy is documenting it....smiles

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RE: Tolerance ... or lack thereof - 10/2/2006 1:35:16 PM

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For what it's worth (apparently not much with this crowd), I thought that 'we' would be more tolerant, more open-minded about the various facets of 'what we do'.

I'm disappointed as well, but I'm always hopeful.

Now, when it comes to stupidity, that's a different thing altogether.

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