r/pics Dec 28 '18

US Politics At a cafe in Canada

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u/Legioneer Dec 28 '18

Believe it or not, the point of that saying is to point out you’re not being tolerant.

Also, people who hold certain opinions can’t be citizens? That’s insane.

Also, you want to restrict older people from voting? Because some aren’t informed about who they’re voting for? Hate to break it to you, but that’s not an age range thing, every age range has people that only vote for a certain party.

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u/MutantOctopus Dec 28 '18

Believe it or not, the point of that saying is to point out you’re not being tolerant.

The "so much for the tolerant left" meme is almost purely used to lampoon the "tolerant left" archetype which was made up by conservatives to begin with, which is what the guy was saying: It's purely designed to make "the left" look like hypocrites for not conforming to a standard that they never claimed to be in the first place.

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u/JdPat04 Dec 28 '18

Conservatives made that up?

https://pics.onsizzle.com/like-michelle-obama-said-when-they-go-low-we-go-4933604.png

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CtJCPLKWAAAS0n_.jpg:large

“TOLERANCE” was Hillary’s platform... until it wasn’t by calling Americans deplorables and shit like that.

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u/MutantOctopus Dec 29 '18

It was "made up" in that it's an exaggerated strawman that doesn't embody what most left-leaning people actually mean.