Examples like the Brendan Eich fiasco show us how poorly we exhibit real tolerance–the LGBT community, happily rising from years of intolerance, dramatically reciprocated in a not-quite Ghandi-esque witch hunt. For more on Eich this is a good read. While there was more at play here than simple issues of tolerance, we are too eager to polarize ourselves into completely partisan positions, in any realm.
We could all do with a little more understanding of Emerson’s wise words.
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson