Is tolerant left-winger a contradiction in terms? Depends who is asking, which is my point.
All I know is that you started this thread in some feeble attempt to defend Islam and I pointed out the blatant and utterly astounding cowardice and hypocrisy of the left when it comes religion.
It's open season all day, every day when speaking to the absurdity of Christian beliefs, but it's no touch on Islam. Why is that? Bill Maher can spend an entire show maligning Christianity to endless howls of laughter and applause, but let him mention Islam in the same vein and that same crowd not only grows silent, but defensive. Why is that? When this stunning hypocrisy is pointed out, you/they/the leftist crowd cannot, and does not attempt to defend their actions. Like yourself, when cornered with this painfully obvious act of cowardice and hypocrisy they begin their attack on those asking the questions. Everyone becomes a bigot. Everyone has some type of phobia. You/they point out some b.s. that those on the right are guilty of. THAT AIN'T THE TOPIC. The topic is your double standard when addressing the crazy ass, extremely violent religion of Islam. Address that.
We're not talking about some silly assed group like the Westboro Baptist types. Islam has millions upon millions of people practicing this crazy assed religion. They MURDER hundreds of thousand of people each and every year. They torture countless others. If not actually putting their religion of hate and violence into action, the overwhelming majority of the rest are stunningly silent. A brave few speak out and I commend their courage. There might be a few more find the courage if the leftist media would show some backbone themselves. Maybe if the supposed "'leader of the free world" would show some backbone, but he can't even call a spade a spade when it comes to Islamic terrorism. Leftist cowards, every last one of them.