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Yes, Popper was the original on this thinking. Not Taleb. This is where the phrase "freedom requires we be intolerant of the intolerant"
by nickbauman 6y ago
Yes, Popper was the original on this thinking. Not Taleb. This is where the phrase "freedom requires we be intolerant of the intolerant"
- firmnoodle 6y agoI didn't know about Popper before. This rings so true today more than ever. I often joke about my home town of San Francisco that we are very open minded as long as you believe exactly the same things we believe.
- Udik 6y agoUnfortunately, everyone seems to be keen on justifying their own intolerance with the supposed intolerance of the other. If all it takes people to be freely intolerant is to convince themselves that the object of their intolerance is intolerant too, intolerance spreads everywhere.
- tstrimple 6y agoYeah, it's not like we have actual Neo Nazis marching in our streets chanting things like "The Jews will not replace us!". It's just a bunch of SJW calling everyone intolerant so they can be intolerant themselves. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/nazis-racism-charlottesville/536928/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/nazis-r...
- Udik 6y agoAh, you're referring to that time when 100 idiots out of a country of 320 million people dressed up like nazis three years ago?
- nickbauman 6y agoPlease check out the term "Overton Window"