The blog post partially reblogged below is written from an Indian perspective – but most if not all can be applied elsewhere (hence the star). Including in Australia.
It’s especially important, perhaps, in light of recent events.
(from a google image search)
The original link, with the rest of the blog post, is here.
Some further links on this topic:
http://winstonclose.me/2015/10/26/whats-in-a-name-a-right-wing-terrorist-by-any-other-name-would-smell-as-rancid-written-by-john-passant/ – very insightful. The colour of a person’s political stripes doesn’t mean they can’t be a terrorist.
http://theaimn.com/against-radicalisation/ – radicals come in many forms, but are mainly characterised (according to this article) by fervent belief without much critical thought.
What is intolerance and identify its forms? How best to come out of it all?
Intolerance in any form has disastrous consequences and if not controlled with iron hand can prove ruinous to the inclusive growth first and then shake the very foundation of the state. We should never forget that India* is a pluralistic society and every community has its role to play in its growth and development.
myzania 
What is harder, being game to voice what one thinks. One is often ridicule for doing so.
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Heck yes….especially, I’ve noticed, regarding tolerance about, say, religion/ culture/ refugees….
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We must each learn to educate and think for ourselves. Far too often we are willing to let the media sway us, rather romantically into believing things as a mass collective.
Critical thinking skills are the cornerstone to a person thinking for themselves. It’s important that we do not allow others to do our thinking for us.
Art, music, books. We have an abundance of gold at our disposal, but we have to get up off of our backsides and indulge ourselves in the arts and cultures of others if we are to learn tolerance. Refusing to do so will surely guarantee that we have become drunk from ‘the’ Kool-Aid.
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YES!
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One belief that comes to mind, is the PMs claim that he won’t support any tax reform that aren’t fair.
The likes of Fran are putting great faith in that statement. Please, can someone explain where the bar will be set for fairness. Fairness I suspect is a little like beauty, in the eyes of the beholder.
Like much of what we are hearing from the the PM, just more meaningless platitudes and motherhood statements.
We will, I suspect judge fairness from our own needs, our own concepts of what society we wish to live in.
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Thought it might be. Though I suspect many don’t see it that way.
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Guess that’s what happens when I reblog and a word/ phrase slips through my proofread.
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Not sure one has to accept views of others. One can respect the right for others to have differing views, without accepting the views.
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Hmmm, yeah, that’s what I was going for….
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