If you were to believe everything you read in the mainstream press, the greatest threat we face is from the intolerant.
But as with most things you read in the mainstream press, the opposite is in fact the case. We are most endangered, not by the intolerant, but by the tolerant.
We are not in danger of being overwhelmed by bigots who reject everything as much as we are in danger from open-minded fools who accept everything.
‘Bigot’ has come to mean anyone who can make up his mind in an organised fashion, while tolerant and open-minded are terms now typically associated with...
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