Former Romney spokesman Richard Grenell knows a thing or two about liberal tolerance. After the Left falsely claimed bigoted conservatives forced Grenell out of his campaign gig because he’s gay, he said:
Some of the most hateful, mean-spirited intolerant comments about me being the foreign policy and national security spokesman for Governor Romney … were coming from the left.
So when Grenell spotted actor Harvey Fierstein’s obnoxious tweet about Romney, he hit back.
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Fierstein tried to play the oh-so-original “humorless conservative” card, but Grenell wasn’t having it.
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Shorter Harvey “Pee-wee” Fierstein: I know you are, but what am I?
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No one is wishing bad things on anyone. You really are a silly old thing. Take a deep breath. Stop looking for enemies. They're all in you.
— Harvey Fierstein (@HarveyFierstein) August 28, 2012
Wishing natural disaster harm on others? Uh oh. Did Fierstein pull an Ellen Barkin? Or maybe a Samuel L. Jackson?
Here’s what he tweeted on Sunday as Tropical Storm Isaac threatened the GOP convention in Tampa:
Pat Robertson says natural disasters are sent as punishment from on high. Guess the GOP pissed somebody off!
— Harvey Fierstein (@HarveyFierstein) August 27, 2012
Classy. And tolerant, natch. Those icky Republicans were totally asking for it when they bared a little too much conservative leg.
Fierstein’s “what goes around comes around” sense of “humor” shines a spotlight directly on his unwillingness to tolerate different ideas. As with the rest of the open-minded Left, tolerance isn’t actually a virtue. At best it’s a bumper sticker; more often than not, it’s a bludgeon used to beat back opposing views.
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