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The word 'tolerance' once meant we all have the right to argue rationally for our deepest convictions in the public arena. Now it means those convictions are not even subject to rational debate.

Nancy Pearcey

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Das Wort Toleranz bedeutete einmal, dass wir alle das Recht haben, unsere tiefsten Überzeugungen in der Öffentlichkeit rational zu argumentieren. Nun heißt es, dass diese Überzeugungen nicht einmal einer rationalen Debatte unterliegen.

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