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by stcredzero 3030 days ago
I don't think it's a direct intolerance of other opinions because they're not the same

Okay, so you don't have to have a bit-accurate copy.

but because they're not capable of coexistent in a "we know our beliefs are right and therefore anything incompatible with our beliefs is wrong" sort of way.

The above is pretty much a definition of intolerance.

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Yes, intolerance is intolerance. Being able to abstract away the intolerance and treat it as though it's just the result of being confronted by incompatible beliefs makes it easier to rationalize doing it because it makes it partly the result of other people having the "wrong" beliefs and therefore not wholly your fault.
It's funny how one's own intolerance is always "right" because the other people are always "wrong."