There is no paradox. Tolerance is a social contract which includes the tolerant. If someone is intolerant, they break the contract and are therefore not included in it.
There is no paradox. Tolerance is a social contract which includes the tolerant. If someone is intolerant, they break the contract and are therefore not included in it.
Glitchington@lemmy.world 8 months ago
If you tolerate intolerance, intolerance will rule. It’s literally a paradox by definition.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 8 months ago
In this thread: people screaming in agreement
PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
If you equivocate about the meaning of tolerance you can justify some bad things.
Glitchington@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Can you provide any examples of this? Not sure what point you’re trying to make here.
PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Usually ‘tolerance’ is very poorly defined. Someone saying some vile shit? Time to physically attack them. So one intolerance is thought or speech, but the resulting intolerance is violence.
In some cases that’s fine, but people seem to think just saying “paradox of tolerance” is a tool that lets them strip others of their humanity without engaging in any actual ethical or philosophical discussion.
It’s words on the internet, though, so it’s not like most people will have a chance to actually test their poorly considered position, but they do end up saying some vile shit in defense of others at times.