• baines@lemmy.cafe
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    6 hours ago

    paradox of tolerance

    you can only achieve a fair and civil society by removing those unwilling to keep the social contract

    • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc
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      3 hours ago

      Everyone loves invoking the paradox of tolerance because it makes you sound smart and progressive.

      Paradoxically, it’s most often used as an excuse to be intolerant of some group that you have arbitrarily branded as intolerant.

      I hereby pronounce you intolerant, thereby according to the docterine of the paradox of tolerance you are forthwith stripped of your right to be tolerated.

      As always, the problem is nuanced and you need to consider carefully the extent to which you’re willing to tolerate what level of intolerance under what circumstances.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Paradoxically, it’s most often used as an excuse to be intolerant of some group that you have arbitrarily branded as intolerant.

        This just isn’t a thing.