:How Tolerant Are You, Really?

Today, tolerance is among our most vaunted virtues and most people describe themselves as tolerant. But how tolerant are we really? And when would you like to be more tolerant? Less so?

In my PsychologyToday.com article, today, for 16 situations, I ask you to assess how tolerant you'd be and whether you'd like to change.

HERE is the link.

A Vivid Example of Liberal Intolerance

I have long written that while the Left claims to celebrate diversity, in fact, it is much less tolerant of ideological diversity than is the Right, except for the Extreme Right's skinhead types and the like. 

Jeffrie Givens emailed me this remarkable example.  A girl wore a "McCain Girl" tee shirt to her school, which prides itself on its liberality and tolerance. Alas, most students called her stupid. One even said she deserved to be crucified. 

The next day, she came to school in an Obama Girl tee shirt, and except for a couple of students who called her a flip-flopper, she was praised for being a smart girl--she had suddenly grown a brain.

Dear reader, if you claim to celebrate diversity, don't be a hypocrite. Really listen to perspectives other than your own and judge them on their merits not on apriori biases.