When it comes to those who are different we have to move past tolerance to acceptance for tolerance implies our permission and people do not need our permission to be who & what they are any more than we need their permission to be who and what we are. Another person's race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, etc. is simply none of our business and the fact that so many think these things are their business and seek to make them their business diminishes their humanity and that of no one else.
Racism, sexism, homophobia, religious intolerance; these are ultimately the problem(S) of those who believe in this kind of nonsense; of those who waste irretrievable time thinking of reasons to dislike and/or look down upon someone rather than merely accepting people for who & what they are and quite possibly gaining a friend.
It makes zero sense and it is counterproductive. When it comes to referring to a friend the only thing you need to mention to someone else; the only thing you need to think about really, is that person's name. What their race, gender, religion, and sexual orientation are is nobody else's business and the extent to which one feels that they have to articulate these things to others is the extent to which they cheapen that friendship. The fact that that person is your friend is good enough and that means of course that it is more than good enough for everyone else.
Therefore acceptance & not tolerance is the way to go for in the and tolerance is conditional wheres acceptance is not and the best of friends are those who accept you for who and what you are with no strings attached.
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