• Happybara@lemmy.world
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      Tolerance is just an extension of the social contract. Intolerant people are actively violating the social contract and, as such, are not eligible for the benefits such a contract provides. This has been settled law for millennia. Live and let live… or else.

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      11 months ago

      It’s kind of like pest control. I don’t hate termites. I just can’t have them tearing up my home, so they have to be exterminated.

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      11 months ago

      That’s just something the ignorant say

      If you try to get rid of intolerance then you will find they out number you and it will lead to a more intolerant society

      You have to limit the ability for it to spread by expanding education and publicly engage with them to challenge their ideas so that others can see the faults in their logic

      The worst thing you can do is force them into their own communities, something social media promotes, because then intolerance grows

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        Intolerance is an expression of anger. So are a lot of other bad behaviors. Anger always finds a way.

        Get rid of the anger and you get rid of the intolerance.

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        publicly engage with them to challenge their ideas so that others can see the faults in their logic

        Yes, but you want to be careful you’re not lending legitimacy to their movement, either. If it’s a fringe, wacko idea, it shouldn’t be on NBC.

        But yeah, inoculating people against the kinds of arguments they make is good work.