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Originally Posted by CoachAlan
"Tolerance" is bullshit. You tolerate someone who is chewing with their mouth open. You tolerate someone who is walking too slowly in front of you. You tolerate someone who has been looking at the menu for five minutes and won't freaking order. You don't "tolerate" someone's cultural differences. You ACCEPT their differences. You EMBRACE their differences.
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Very well said.
However...I think that before you can embrace, you have to learn to accept. Before you learn to accept, you have to learn to tolerate. I think we're getting there. We're not there yet...but we're getting there.
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