There are a bunch of things I’m intolerant of.
I’m intolerant of racism in any form. There’s no point listening to racists. Their position has no nuance, even though they may think there are all sorts of good reasons why racism is OK. Racism is not OK, period.
I’m intolerant of “pro-life” people. I will not listen to someone who wants abortion illegal for any and all reasons, for every woman. They have nothing to say that interests me or would sway me. I might argue with someone who is trying to convince me that abortion after x months should be illegal, but I wouldn’t agree with them.
I’m intolerant of creationists (I refuse to use their other deceptive name). There’s plenty of churches out there where they can preach that stuff. Maybe they’re just ignorant, which is too bad, but there are a lot of smart creationists out there who want it taught in schools, and who want everyone to believe it. I won’t listen to them because their views are scientifically impossible, and, frankly, laughable.
I’m not quite as intolerant of people who believe that anthropogenic global warming isn’t happening, unless they are politicians or businessmen. Politicians have the responsibility of listening to qualified scientists about science, and clearly a lot of them aren’t. Ordinary people who aren’t qualified may have been fooled by all the anti-global warming propaganda, so I would talk to them about it, in the hopes of convincing them. My brother, however, is an engineer but is a conservative, and I know there’s no point talking to him about it.
