To quote from a letter to me posted on January 13, 2011 at 06:07 PM EST:
We can teach them the value of tolerance – the practice of assuming the best, rather than the worst, about those around us. We can teach them to give others the benefit of the doubt, particularly those with whom they disagree.
That sounds like charity to me.
Are charity and tolerance synonymous, if not similar?
No. Way.
Nevertheless, I think the above statements present a standard which most folks calling for tolerance….
Oh, never mind. I think that paragraph may have been headed for not giving others the benefit of the doubt nor assuming the best about others.
Besides, it was teetering precariously on the edge of offering itself to political interpretation.
Can’t have that.
PS: I forgot to say: Talkers and writers, beware what you say and write. It creates a handy means by which to measure your life.