Tolerance fails T-shirt test

[Xydexx]

Donna Atlanta GA wrote:

This has nothing to do with individual candidates, it has to do with the chasm that has been created in our country by political parties. It is EXACTLY what they have been trying to do. They WANT us divided because if we fight amongst ourselves we aren't paying attention to the corruption going on in Washington.

Thank you for being another voice of reason.

[The Gospel]

Its funny how every person who left a comment,assumed that the story was true. It reminds me of the McCain supporter who said she was attacked and had the word Obama carved into her face.They later found out the woman lied. This girl could say what ever she wants to say, and it would be the gospel truth. That is sad.

[Scott]

Rich Charron wrote:

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Uh, no, I think this post makes complete sense. Unless you were living in a cave, you saw plenty of racist and other rude comments being bandied about at McCain/Palin rallies and other protests. Of course, you only see and hear what you want. Thanks Fox News. You've created another sheep!

Uh No, It was the blacks that were crying racism against all the whites that were not going to vote for their candidate. Even if you had a good reason to vote mccain/palin you were a racist because your did not vote for obama because it was a dream, not on policy.

[Econ 101]

mr mike wrote:

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Moran? Like Erin?
Learn to spell.

Dont worry- Chachi still oves you

[Ron]

"You would never hear a conservative lambast anyone over supporting any candidate. It's the liberals that are truly anti-free speech."

Are you insane?! Did you not listen to Palin for the previous seven weeks?! By the way, I live in the hot-bed of conservatism (Utah), and I don't think I have to tell you the "warm" reception anybody who was for Obama got here (burning of signs and even one family's flag), so stop patting yourselves on the back so much.

[Scott]

Dr_Dolittle wrote:

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Not only that. You will see that now that we have a "black" President, you will see a virtual explosion of racism accusations against anyone who opposes any of his ill-concieved policies.
Remember that according to these geniuses, you can't have a difference of opinion with someone who has a different race or ethnicity from you which is NOT racually or ethnically motivated.
Pulling out the Race Card is their first recourse! And it will continue to be now that we have Nobama in power!

True, anything that has been said to criticize President Bush if said to criticize President Hussein will be considered racist. So watch what you say, Husseins minnions are on lookout for you to scream racissm.

[Xydexx]

Jim wrote:

The crowd that preaches tolerance for others rarely practices it.

Speak for yourself, dude.

[Alz]

oak park Mike wrote:

You repulicans dropped Joe the Plumber, and now you are going to exploit a little girl and the town of Oak Park. That is bullying and smacks of sour grapes.
Give Obama some time, I truly believe he does not want us divided. Do you republicans actually want to be united, or will you just provide petty sniping and division for 4 years. That is Un-American! Come on now.

The concept of "Joe the Plumber" hasn't been dropped at all. On the contrary, millions of Joe's and Josephine's are trying to figure out how to survive under more Socialism - whether they think/know it's Socialism or not.

As for Obama dividing us, we are already divided. The Modern Liberals split off 40 years ago and have infested many more people.

Conservatives have roughly the same beliefs as people had going back to the Founding.(I'm not talking Republicans, I'm talking "Conservatives". Remember, there used to be Conservative Democrats, but the Modern Liberals purged them - must be part of that bringing people together idea of theirs!)

I think it used to be that we all thought we were in different boats going to roughly the same place. When the Modern Liberals took over the Democratic Party, it seems like they changed direction and are now going in the opposite direction. The Modern Liberals even used the words "counter culture" to define themselves.

People like JFK, MLK and even a Hubert Humphrey would be considered somewhat Conservative nowadays.

So it's the Modern Liberals who drifted and, because of their belief system that works to make everything "equal" rather than "good", they are the cause of most of our ills.

We didn't have too many "Republicans", we didn't have enough Conservatism. Obama and the Modern Liberals will be 100 times worse than the Republicans.

For those who want to learn more about the Modern Liberals who took over the Democratic Party, the video "How Modern Liberals Think" is very, very good. You'll need some quiet time.
youtube.com/watch...

[Reality check]

tolerance wrote:

Did anyone learn anything from this T-shirt experiment? It had nothing to do whether you are liberal or conservative. If you wore a pro-Obama T-shirt in a conservative neighborhood, then I am sure the response would have been the same.

Uh, NO it wouldn't. Now if you want to get into the small pockets of KKK types, yes, but I could aregue the same with radical African American groups. We're not. We're talking about your average large city school system. If it was a 'conservative stronghold', you would have had some comments from a handful of students (they would feel more comfortable addressing a peer) but you would not see the teachers and staff ridiculing the child.

I'm surprised that the administration didn't tell the girl to change the McCain shirt "because it was disruptive to the classroom environment" (an easy out when confronted with attempts to infringe upon free speech. Similar to public schools who have asked students to remove t-shirts that support conservative issues like the death penalty, pro-life, support for the military...

[Biggest Jerk]

A good reason to vote for McCain? Like what? LOL!

Scott wrote:

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Uh No, It was the blacks that were crying racism against all the whites that were not going to vote for their candidate. Even if you had a good reason to vote mccain/palin you were a racist because your did not vote for obama because it was a dream, not on policy.

[Alz]

The Gospel wrote:

Its funny how every person who left a comment,assumed that the story was true. It reminds me of the McCain supporter who said she was attacked and had the word Obama carved into her face.They later found out the woman lied. This girl could say what ever she wants to say, and it would be the gospel truth. That is sad.

Possible, but very unlikely. Two reasons: read through the comments and you'll see all sorts of firsthand accounts of other instances of Modern Liberals and their version of "tolerance" - which is bullying. Second, I was in Oak Park earlier today and you can see the smugness: they have their belief system and everyone else is wrong.

The other accounts are great, though.

[Xydexx]

I'm an independent. I vote for whoever has the good ideas.

[Alz]

Ron wrote:

"You would never hear a conservative lambast anyone over supporting any candidate. It's the liberals that are truly anti-free speech."
Are you insane?! Did you not listen to Palin for the previous seven weeks?! By the way, I live in the hot-bed of conservatism (Utah), and I don't think I have to tell you the "warm" reception anybody who was for Obama got here (burning of signs and even one family's flag), so stop patting yourselves on the back so much.

What did Palin say that was so inflammatory? Think about all of hatred for Bush over the years from the liberals.

It's too bad the liberals can't bring themselves to attack our true enemies as much!

[Neil]

This isn't suprising at all. Liberals always mention tolerance, but they certainly don't practice what they preach. Is there any doubt that idiot liberals would have rioted if Obama had lost the presidential election? Maybe they'll riot in four years when Obama loses his re-election bid.

[orlandodolphin]

Don't worry. Won't be long our right to talk on these boards will be swiped away as well...That is the change you want.

[Alz]

Xydexx wrote:

I'm an independent. I vote for whoever has the good ideas.

Socialism is not a good idea. You have some flaw or flaws in your logic processes and reasoning.

[John]

Not surprising. For a group that preaches tolerance and acceptance until they're blue in the face, Liberals tend to extremely close minded to anything they don't already agree with.

Why else is FOX news such a threat when Liberals have CBS, ABC, CNN, MSN and NBC? Why else are folks like Sean Hannity and Ann Caulter hit with pies or shouted down when they speak somewhere? Where are conservatives doing it to Liberal speakers? Why else does Obama launch attacks against radio shows that present critical views of him? Why else does Obama tell his supporters to "get in their (his critics) faces?" Why else did Obama kick the McCain-supporting reporters off of his plane? Did McCain kick off the Obama supporters?

Every group has their intolerant nuts, but this kind of behavior has dominated the left for quite a while.

[Alz]

Neil wrote:

This isn't suprising at all. Liberals always mention tolerance, but they certainly don't practice what they preach. Is there any doubt that idiot liberals would have rioted if Obama had lost the presidential election? Maybe they'll riot in four years when Obama loses his re-election bid.

I was worried about some rioting too. You never know what they'll do as it's some sort of mental disorder. See http://www.amazon.com/Liberal-Mind-Psychologi...

[gh0st]

Hehehehehehe...

Oh yah, you go neo-cons!!! Because the typical middle schooler is typical liberal.

You people are so lacking in common-freaking-sense that it is alarming. These kids call each other "stupid" over the brand of shoes or MP3 player.

Only a MORON would infere that middle school behavior is someone indicative of a broad political movement.

And, while we are on the topic, please post a link to the article where a kid in Texas wore an Obama t-shirt and was meat with open arms. Hypocrits and morons, nice bag!

...and, let's put on our common sense hat for a second. "tolerance" is what? When was she kicked out? When was she attacked? When was she forced to change her shirt?

Let's make this clear: the neo-cons are arguing that these students do not have the right to free speech. Or, if they do, then this somehow precludes "tolerance". Gads, I would rather try to talk to my four year old sometimes. I can be "tolerant" and think you are an idiot. I am pretty sure Jesus thought some people were idiots (I prefer to read and not interpret the Bible, he definately called some people 'boners' and said we should pray for them). He was intolerant??!? Gasp!

Tolerance has NOTHING to do with whether I agree with you or not. It has to do with whehter I **tolerate** you. Whoa. Wow.

[Shane]

Are 14 years olds tolerant of anything? You've taken a Micro example and have tried to amplify it into a massive generaliztion about Obama supporters. Sorry folks but i'm not biting we've got too much cleaning up to do to waste our time on this..