New Tolerance on parade.
In this English class, students were ostensibly being taught about tolerance, but obviously it wasn't traditional tolerance.
- What do you think caused your
heterosexuality?
SUBTLE POINT: Homosexuality is not
something that is caused. (Political Push #1.)
- When and how did you decide
you were a heterosexual?
SUBTLE POINT: Homosexuality is not
a choice. (Political Push #2.)
- Is it possible that your
heterosexuality is just a phase you may grow out of?
SUBTLE POINT: Homosexuality cannot
be changed. (Political Push #3. Then what about ex-gays?)
- Is it possible that your
heterosexuality stems from a neurotic fear of others of the same sex?
SUBTLE POINT: Homosexuality is not
a psychological problem. (Political Push #4.)
- Do your parents know that you
are straight? Do your friends and/or roommate(s) know? How did they react?
SUBTLE POINT: Homosexuality is just
as normal as heterosexuality. (Political Push #5.)
- Why do you insist on
flaunting your heterosexuality? Can't you just be who you are and keep it
quiet?
SUBTLE POINT: Public displays of
homosexual affection are normal, and you should not be shocked or repulsed by
them. (Political Push #6.)
- Why do heterosexuals feel
compelled to seduce others into their lifestyles?
SUBTLE POINT: Homosexuals aren’t
seducing anyone into homosexuality; that’s a myth from the “anti-gay lobby.” (Political
Push #7.)
- A disproportionate majority
of child molesters are heterosexual. So you consider it safe to expose
children to heterosexual teachers?
SUBTLE POINT: Homosexuals are not
more prone to other sexual perversions like child molestation. (But they are,
in proportion to the general population.)
- With all the societal support
marriage receives, the divorce rate is spiraling. Why are there so few
stable relationships among heterosexuals?
SUBTLE POINT: Homosexuals have
better “marriages,” and they could teach the heterosexuals a thing or two.
(Political Push #8.)
- Statistics show that lesbians
have the lowest incidence of sexually transmitted diseases. Is it really
safe for a woman to maintain a heterosexual lifestyle and run the risk of
disease and pregnancy?
SUBTLE POINT: Heterosexuality (and
pregnancy) is the more dangerous lifestyle. (I would challenge the statistics
on their face. Lesbians still die much sooner than heterosexual women, so how
come?)
- Considering the menace of
overpopulation, how could the human race survive if everyone were
heterosexual?
SUBTLE POINT: Increased
homosexuality is a good thing, because it will decrease the surplus population.
(Political Push #9 and #10, in one question. Actually, it crashes against the
point from four questions back, because how do you get more homosexuals? You
certainly can’t breed them.)
- Would you want your child to
be heterosexual, knowing the problems that s/he would face?
SUBTLE POINT: Traditional attitudes
about homosexuality are just as wrong as this question is. (Political Push #11.)
Instead of teaching the students to put up with someone or something not especially liked (the traditional form of tolerance), this lesson was training students in what Josh McDowell called the New Tolerance -- the idea that all values are equal and there is no way to discern (discriminate?) between them.
This is political correctness run amok. While politicizing morality, this teacher is screwing up the minds of dozens of students.


What is "traditional tolerance"?
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Traditional tolerance is putting up with someone or something not especially liked.
The new tolerance adds the word "praise." In other words, "I don't just want you to put up with my lifestyle, believes, etc., but I demand your praise. And if you don't praise my beliefs, values, lifestyle and claims to truth as equal to your own, then you are a bigot and intolerant."
This definition comes from Josh McDowell, and I think it pierces the point perfectly.
Carrie
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Never heard that definition. Thanks.
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