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Let’s see.  Here are some things that I believe we are losing:

1.  Tolerance on college campuses.  In the name of “diversity,” colleges now have “safe spaces” for people to go to “relax” and “express their ideas.”  But, of course, those spaces are only safe if you hold the same liberal views that colleges teach.  Conservative speakers are rarely invited to college campuses.

2.  Tolerance for people who hold different views.  If one believes in traditional marriage or gender specific locker rooms, they are dismissed as homophobic or bigoted.

3.  Religious tolerance.  If a baker chooses not to make a cake or cupcakes for a gay wedding on religious grounds, that baker is sued and is in danger of losing his/her livelihood.

4.  The concept that all people should be respected and not all points of view should be respected.  Self-explanatory.

5.  The concept that the best person for the job should be the one hired.  Due to affirmative action, the strongest candidate for a job may very well NOT be the one that is hired.  [/quote]

I know this message isn't going to come through, but what you're saying is that you're losing the right to be intolerant of gays and transsexuals without being called out on it.  If your definition of respect includes not calling someone's intolerant opinion intolerant, then it is untenable to respect all people and all points-of-view simultaneously.  Society cannot simultaneously respect black people and be unable to call out someone who says they don't like black people on their intolerance.  It's not too far back in history that a lot of people used religious grounds to oppose inter-racial marriages.

Finally, with respect to affirmative action, I agree this is a debatable area.  There is a lot of evidence to suggest that hiring managers' perceptions of the "strongest candidate" is colored by their own racial/ethnic/gender biases.  Affirmative action seeks to overcome those biases.  It does probably sometimes lead to weaker candidates being hired, but so, overwhelmingly, does unconscious bias.  Also, affirmative action applies, legally, in a minority of hiring decisions.  If private entities decide to engage in affirmative action, that is their choice and no one is forcing them to do it.[/quote]

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