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It does. Popper's answer to the paradox of tolerance works perfectly well regardless of which side of the political spectrum you're on: "I'm righteously intol
by ThrowawayR2 8y ago
It does. Popper's answer to the paradox of tolerance works perfectly well regardless of which side of the political spectrum you're on:
"I'm righteously intolerant of the political right's intolerance of my beliefs."
"Oh yeah? Well, I'm righteously intolerant of the political left's intolerance of my beliefs."
In the end, invoking the paradox is just a convenient fig leaf for those who want to justify their bad behavior.
(And that's completely ignoring the fact that Popper's answer to his paradox is not the only one, as the Wikipedia article itself mentions.)