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I would also argue that asking for some minimum level of education/sophistication like the parent poster might qualify as the type of Platonic elitism which Pop

by kriro 7y ago

I would also argue that asking for some minimum level of education/sophistication like the parent poster might qualify as the type of Platonic elitism which Popper was very much opposed to (The Open Society and its Enemies). But then again defining what qualifies as tolerance also has the potential problem Platonic elitism (i.e. who sets the criteria). It's a pretty tough job to balance freedom of speech and prevent hatebreeding at the same time. There are many philosophical approaches but I'd say that I haven't found one that satisfies me. Currently I'm leaning towards allowing everything in the hope that rationality will win out. At the end of the day I think it's simply a very tough topic with no clear cut answer.

raxxorrax 7y ago
Very true. He also said that suppression of intolerant ideology is unwise as long as public opinion counters it. 8chan isn't really the center of public opinion. There were third parties that pointed their fingers to those losers on these boards and now some people lashed out. I don't want to blame anyone besides the murder, but that is the game that is being played. Being opposed to nazisim wasn't exactly rocket science some years ago, so I don't really can get behind comments pointing to the need for education and that the lack of the latter is reason enough to curb speech.