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I'm fighting against speech that dehumanizes Jews, LGBT, Blacks, and so on; and ensuring that people who engage in it face consequences for that speech. This ge
by d_e_solomon 6y ago
I'm fighting against speech that dehumanizes Jews, LGBT, Blacks, and so on; and ensuring that people who engage in it face consequences for that speech. This gets back to Hannah Arendt's paradox of tolerance.
- cpursley 6y agoSo in order to fight intolerance you're being intolerant. Got it. Fight fire with fire.
- d_e_solomon 6y agoAt what point am I allowed to fight back? If someone advocates exterminating me, do I have your permission to suggest that their speech should have consequences? Or do I have to wait until I'm dead?
- cpursley 6y agoDo you believe that most people getting "mob cancelled" right now are overtly advocating extermination? If so, can you provide a few examples so I can better understand your position?
- slowmovintarget 6y agoFirst, it is Karl Popper's "paradox of tolerance". The conclusion his argument leads to is: In a tolerant society, attacking people because of their beliefs is not permitted (requisite intolerance). You don't fight against speech, you speak against its ideas.
- banads 6y agoWhy do you focus so narrowly on "fighting" speech, rather than the ongoing actions that are dehumanizing humans of all types?