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Nov 1, 20182 min read
#ToleranceMeans having the courage to accept the beliefs of the people around you, even if you don’t understand them. All we need is to listen and be kind.
Emma Baehrens, Undergraduate, TMD CWRU What is Tolerance to Me? Tolerance is a risk. It takes bravery, on some level, to be tolerant. The...
Nov 1, 20182 min read
#ToleranceMeans instead of telling your ideological opponent why they’re wrong, ask them why they’re right
Kyle Jorstad, Graduate, TMD CWRU “Tolerance” is a phrase often bandied about in cavalier response to conflicting values, as if simply...
Oct 18, 20182 min read
#ToleranceMeans The Measure You Use Will Be Measured To You
Shannon McNamara, Undergraduate, TMD Alabama I grew up in a small sleepy town in North Carolina. From the time I was about four years...
Oct 18, 20182 min read
#ToleranceMeans that there should be an appreciation of every diverse person and everyone should have the ability to live theirs life normally, while letting others live their own lives normally.
Crystal Smitherman, Graduate, TMD Alabama When I signed up for the SafeZone training, I was just doing it because my law school best...
Sep 17, 20182 min read
#ToleranceMeans Making Tolerance a Reality
Blake Gibney, Graduate, TMD UIUC “I’ll regret it the rest of my life if I don’t do something to get you to change.” This was my father’s...
Sep 17, 20182 min read
#Tolerancemeans the first step to Acceptance
Elizabeth Kazmierczak, Undergraduate, TMD UIUC I am a closeted bisexual woman. I chose to be because it’s easy; easy for society to...
Sep 17, 20182 min read
#ToleranceMeans One Can Love and Be Loved
Arielle Brown, Graduate, TMD UIUC Tolerance is more than the common saying, “Let us agree to disagree.” Tolerance needs to be grounded in...
Apr 25, 20182 min read
#ToleranceMeans We Love Others for Their Differences
Alexander Rhomberg, Undergraduate, TMD Loras College Coming to Loras College has opened the door to a variety of new scenarios in which...
Apr 25, 20182 min read
#ToleranceMeans Seeking Intentional Pluralism
Rebecka Green, Undergraduate, TMD Loras College "Tolerating" women in the public sphere. "Tolerating" the legitimacy and livelihood of...
Apr 4, 20182 min read
#ToleranceMeans acknowledging the discomfort that comes with that conflict.
Casey J. Krolczyk, Graduate, TMD St. Thomas As I picked myself up off the brittle and brown grass of a November soccer field, my wrist...
Apr 4, 20182 min read
#ToleranceMeans a society where people look at each other, acknowledge the unique things that make them who they are, and come together to revel in the intricacy and beauty of the world we live in.
Rachael Mary Lee, Undergraduate, TMD St. Thomas What does tolerance mean, you ask? Tolerance is a black man walking around a store...
Mar 22, 20182 min read
#ToleranceMeans an active endeavor
Rebecca Barraclough, Graduate, TMD UNC Tolerance is a concept that has changed for me over time. I once defined it as simply being...
Mar 22, 20182 min read
#ToleranceMeans Tolerance may be a worthy goal for our state, but in faith we can ask for so much more.
Sarah Arney, Undergraduate, TMD UNC Religion and gay rights--do they have to be at odds? I feel the unspoken answer looked for here is,...
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