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> Should a society that has elected to be tolerant be intolerant about intolerance? (...) Yes, an intolerant minority can control and destroy democracy. (...) S
by bambax 10y ago
> Should a society that has elected to be tolerant be intolerant about intolerance? (...) Yes, an intolerant minority can control and destroy democracy. (...) So, we need to be more than intolerant with some intolerant minorities.
This has been tried during the French Revolution, one of its slogans being "pas de liberté pour les ennemis de la liberté" (no freedom for the enemies of freedom).
It led to Terror and mass executions, so I'm really not sure it's the right path.
- omginternets 10y agoProvocative counter-argument: the revolution undoubtedly benefited future French generations immensely, and led to (arguably) one of the most successful and tolerant nations in the West. Maybe it was necessary to purge the enemies of freedom? French revolution aside (the Terror was, indeed, a dark period I would not like to see repeated), there is an argument to be made for: - the lesser of two evils - the necessity of cracking eggs to make an omelet