The Intolerance of the Tolerant Left

We’re always hearing about how we on the Right are so intolerant. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. The Left has no use whatsoever for any viewpoint that differs from theirs. If you disagree with the Left, then you are wrong. It’s as simple as that.

It was the Intolerant Left that called for the revocation of the charter of the Boy Scouts of America because of its stance on homosexual scoutmasters. The Boy Scouts wanted to have standards and protect their young charges from predators, and the Left said that was wrong.

Members of the Minutemen, a group of individuals who patrol the United States/Mexican border, were asked to speak at Columbia University. It was angry young leftists who stormed the stage and successfully put an end to the event saying, “The Minutemen are not a legitimate part of the debate on immigration,” so they’re not allowed to speak.

On the TV magazine show formerly known as the CBS Evening News, the father of boy killed at Columbine offered his opinion on the recent murders at the school in Amish country by saying, “Violence entered our schools when we threw God out of them.” His view was greeted with criticism.

A post on the issue of global warming in some Left-leaning magazine stated that when all of the dire consequences of global warming come to pass, then all those who were skeptical of the concept should be put on trial. So, according to the Left, you should be put on trial simply for having an opinion that is different from theirs. I e-mailed him and asked if history proved him wrong, should he be put on trial for having the “wrong” opinion. I haven’t heard back yet.

France is trying to make it a crime to deny that the Armenians suffered genocide at the hands of the Turks. Those who are guilty could get a year in jail and a huge fine. Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. Apparently, it’s already a crime to deny the Nazi Holocaust. Imagine that. Somewhere on this planet it’s a crime to have an opinion that differs from the orthodoxy.

This intolerance stems from the fact that the Left has no absolutes that stand from day to day. When the Right was justifiably upset over the loose morals of the previous occupant of the Oval Office, the Left was outraged. His private life is his own, they said. Now that the shoe’s on the other foot, there’s no end to the moralizing from the Left. Apparently, what’s good for the goose is not good for the gander.

Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything, and the Left demonstrates that on a regular basis.