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minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down18·2 years agoThe paradox of tolerance can only apply to actions though, otherwise you just become the intolerant one that should be ostracized.
minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·2 years agoNo Saying shitty things doesn’t get you a free pass just because “it’s just words” Saying shitty things is an action, and demands appropriate counter action
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoBut speaking is an action. Thinking isn’t
minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoThink what you want, but if you say or do shitty things, expect people to treat you like shit
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoYeah - that’s what I meant…
minus-squarephotonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down34·2 years agoWe have to be tolerant to the intolerant, otherwise, who defines what tolerance is?
minus-squarephotonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down34·2 years agoTolerating the intolerant is the price we have to pay to live in a just society.
minus-squareekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down21·2 years agoThat sounds pretty intolerant to me. Can you find the door by yourself?
minus-squareAlDente@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 years agoWhy should they leave? They haven’t said anything intolerant. You are being an asshole.
minus-squareekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down9·2 years agoI’m a hypocrite myself so I don’t mind much, but why should your rules apply to me if they don’t apply to you? And also, great explanation. You could make a Ted talk, I’m sure.
Paradox of Tolerance
The paradox of tolerance can only apply to actions though, otherwise you just become the intolerant one that should be ostracized.
No
Saying shitty things doesn’t get you a free pass just because “it’s just words”
Saying shitty things is an action, and demands appropriate counter action
But speaking is an action. Thinking isn’t
Think what you want, but if you say or do shitty things, expect people to treat you like shit
Yeah - that’s what I meant…
We have to be tolerant to the intolerant, otherwise, who defines what tolerance is?
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Tolerating the intolerant is the price we have to pay to live in a just society.
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That sounds pretty intolerant to me. Can you find the door by yourself?
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Why should they leave? They haven’t said anything intolerant. You are being an asshole.
I’m a hypocrite myself so I don’t mind much, but why should your rules apply to me if they don’t apply to you?
And also, great explanation. You could make a Ted talk, I’m sure.
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