Tolerance is an Interesting Word

I was reading the paper today, as usual.  The paper of choice around here is the Vail Daily (actually the choices are limited, but we live in a small town so it is all good).  Apparently Vail wants to stimulate our local economy by having Gay Ski Week.  I thought that gays were allowed to ski every week but I guess this is some celebration of sorts or organized event to recognized the gay community.

However, some folks wrote in stating that this is inappropriate and disagreed with such an event  It wasn't hateful or mean-spirited, they just disagreed.  Apparently they were now intolerant people.  Tolerance is a very interesting word in our society.  It seems tolerance only is used when addressing people who agree with the mainstream media or people who lean to the left.  If for some reason an individual doesn't agree with lets say gay marriage, universal healthcare, prochoice, or medical marijuana they are intolerant, close-minded  hate-mongers.  The personal attacks on their character run wild.

Unfortunately the folks who disagreed with Gay Ski Week were called "close-minded, bias and insensitive" and  "not good stewards to our country" and "ignorant and hate-inspiring".  It seems that the people who wrote in to rally behind Gay Ski Week were being very intolerant.   It is kind of funny when you think about it.  They were basically saying "I hate you because I think you are a hateful person."  or  "I cannot tolerate such an intolerant individual".

I wonder why the "tolerant police" were not there to chime in on behalf of the citizens who wrote the Vail Daily against Gay Ski Week.