• x00z@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Paradox of tolerance.

    The paradox of tolerance is a philosophical concept suggesting that if a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the eventual dominance of intolerance, thereby undermining the very principle of tolerance.

    In a tolerant society we must be intolerant of intolerance.

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      6 hours ago

      Edit - My mistake, I somehow was blind to the first in-.

       

      In a tolerant society we must be intolerant of intolerance.

      No we musn’t. The intolerant have broken the social contract and are no longer extended that latitude.

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        2 hours ago

        Screw the paradox. Tolerance is a social contract. Intolerant people aren’t covered by the contract, therefore intolerance of intolerance isn’t hypocritical or paradoxical.

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          6 hours ago

          You are correct, I misread what they wrote despite quoting it. Whoops. 🙂