So, You Think You're Tolerant? | 5 Minute Video

Are you tolerant? You probably think so. But who is tolerant in America today? Is it those on the left, or those on the right? In this video, Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report analyzes this question and shares his experience.

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Script:

Tolerance.

It’s a word we hear a lot these days. So, let’s define it.

Tolerance is “the ability to live with people whose opinions and behavior you don’t agree with.” That’s essentially how Oxford defines it, how Merriam-Webster defines it, and how we, as a society, have always defined it.

You might be for the death penalty, and your cousin might be against it. You might be against a $15 minimum wage, and your coworker might be for it. Your dad might have voted for Trump, your mom might have voted for Clinton, and your brother may not have voted at all.

Whatever differences we have, tolerating others’ opinions is a prerequisite to a functioning and free society.

America itself was built on a foundation of tolerance. The Declaration of Independence guarantees us life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But there’s an implicit contract there: To have your life, your liberty, and your pursuit of happiness, you have to be tolerant of somebody else’s life, their liberty, and their pursuit of happiness.

This contract, though, seems to be breaking down.

If you listen to the mainstream media, only one side is living up to this deal: the left. The right, according to the media, is intolerant of everyone...except those darned white, heterosexual, Christian males.

There’s only one problem. It’s just not true. Incredibly, the left isn’t even tolerant of the very people they say they’re tolerant of!

If you’re gay, or black, or an immigrant, and you’re not in lockstep with current leftist orthodoxy, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

If you believe we should judge people on the content of their character and not the color of their skin, the left calls you “racist.” If you believe that America is a nation of immigrants, but that our country should also protect its borders, the left calls you a “xenophobe.” If you believe that men and women are equal but fundamentally different, the left calls you “sexist.”

Here’s the thing: those who only tolerate people they agree with or like…aren’t actually tolerant.

So, who is tolerant?

Is it the organizers of the Women's March, who had to apologize for the “hurt and confusion” they caused when they invited a man—leftist icon Bernie Sanders—to speak at their convention? Is it the Antifa thugs, who caused UC Berkeley to spend $600,000 on security when mainstream conservative Ben Shapiro showed up to give a talk? Or is it democratic congresswoman Maxine Waters, who scolded Kanye West for “talking out of turn” when he dared suggest that blacks should think for themselves?

These aren’t isolated examples. I’m guessing that you—person watching this right now—have silenced yourself because you don’t want to suffer the wrath of the outrage mob.

So, let me ask the question again: Who is tolerant?

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