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More digital sillynonsense from Jeff Putz

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"We're becoming a nation intolerant of anyone not considered part of the status quo, whether it be immigrants, homosexuals or non-Christians."

I'm sorry, but this is complete crap.

Intolerance drives opposition to immigration for some of the more unpleasant people, as it always has and likely always will. But in large part, it's being driven by economic concerns, not intolerance -- this as immigration in many areas reaches unprecedented highs. And cheap labor hits low income/disadvantaged groups the hardest. To equate tolerance for immigrants with just throwing the doors open to massive third world immigration is a utopian (and irresponsible) fantasy.

As for gay issues, if you check opinion polling over the past few years (or watch TV), you'll see we're becoming markedly more tolerant, not less. There has been opposition to gay marriage initiatives in CA and MA for example, but this is not greater intolerance; it reflects some distasteful political opportunism, and discomfort with the pace of changing the status quo (I don't share that discomfort btw).

And as for becoming intolerant of "non-Christians" -- that's just so ridiculous as to be unfathomable unless it's PC code for concern about terrorism from fundamentalist Islamic individuals.

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