Political intolerance? Do you find it equal, or more prevalent in the Left or the Right?

If they remove Fox News, it is censorship. If down to one or two TVs then OK.

The left is completely intolerant of viewpoints outside of their own, liberals claim to be open minded until the view is not there own. They cry like babies to cut off any information that presents both sides or even discusses a view outside their own.

We can go down the list of topics: Global Warming, now 'Climate Change', Any LGBT issue, Any Christian faith coverage must be in a bad light, Republicans are always parodied as dim witted and slow or specific stories are generated to make it appear this way.

I find the Main Stream Media (NBC, ABC, CBS, NY Times, AP for local papers), CNN, MSNBC unwatchable, they might as well just present the DNC and media matters script straight from a spokesperson. They carry the water for the LGBT community, DNC, Obama administration like Pravda carried the 'truth' for the Soviet Union. I can tolerate Fox News until they get on a story and drive it into the ground. I find the best news sources to be WSJ, BBC, Financial Times, the Economist and on occasion NPR.

I find the US is turning into a country against any group that stands for a Constitutional discussion of rights and principals and I fear for my country, my children and their opportunities.

The left demands acceptance of their position and capitulation of any opposing ones or they will demonize you as a hateful bigot and sue you.
The right asks for acceptance of their position while acknowledging opposing views and will agree to disagree without the demonization.

I have to agree with the results. People on the left say one thing and then do another. If you don't agree with the views on the left rather than debate you they try to censor you.

Here are some examples describing the intolerance of which I am speaking. If this is what some want to call civil discourse, I suggest a closer look at the word "civil".
http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2012/06/12/7_ways_conservative_activists_are_being_harassed_by_the_left/page/full

In my experience, people on the right will listen to you, allow you to define your terms and even reframe a couple of points and then may or may not accept that you legitimately hold a view that doesn't jibe with theirs.

IME, people on the left, IF, they are willing to listen, will only do so in order to have ammunition to verbally throw back at you as they impugn your character for holding such views if it doesn't fall completely within today's PC box view of the topic.

There are, of course, individuals on both sides who are either willing to think it thru with you, or, to insult not only you but your entire heritage for your thoughts. But, in general, the first two paragraphs apply.

If the TV still shows MSNBC, it's censorship to remove FOX NEWS.

Let me just put it this way. As a Libertarian I run into intolerance from both sides. Yeah, those from both sides agree with some of my view points but viciously attack what they don't agree with.
I will have to say though that lefties tend to be just a bit more intolerant of what they don't agree with. For instance I've been called a "racist redneck" because of my viewpoints on illegal immigration.
But on the flip side I've been called a dirty hippie by some righties because of my viewpoints on the legalization of marijuana.

I don't understand the left and right thing but my opinion is that it is censorship. Their solution might be, turn the channel indicator to a different channel. That's prettysimple and cut and dried. TV stations are going to broadcast whatever they want to. It's like a bad reply or bad situation on the internet. My solution to that is, delete, delete, delete. There, it's gone. No more worry.

Intolerance is equally spread around. The only thing that changes with time or location is that some groups are just better at hiding their disease than others. In a different time, different place, it could be the conservatives that are filled with types able to hide intolerance while casting it on someone else. In the same place, decades later, it will be liberals.

To be transparent, I have problems with ALL of the news networks for a host of reasons. I probably watch Fox, more than other news networks, but I also watch CNN, and sometimes even MSNBC, at least until my face turns red, and my wife orders it off. That being said, I have never even considered asking someone to turn OFF another station, even if I absolutely disagree with what is being said. I feel there is something to be learned by exposing myself to opposing views, as well as those I hold.

It is stories like the one above that reeks of political intolerance, a vocal, almost fanatical desire to oppose and suppress any voices to which one doesn't agree. I've recently read some articles describing such intolerance on College campuses, and have spoken with many veterans with whom I've served that have experienced and observed this intolerance on campus.

I'd love to hear stories, experiences, and examples of political intolerance from RallyPoint members.