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This is the paradox of tolerance. We can tolerate having a free internet but if it leads to the intolerant taking over and making everything worse, we need to b
by cercatrova 6y ago
This is the paradox of tolerance. We can tolerate having a free internet but if it leads to the intolerant taking over and making everything worse, we need to be intolerant of them now, not later.
- danaliv 6y agoPlease, can we put this canard to rest? It is an extremely simplistic take that is bordering on cliche at this point. It adds nothing, it illuminates nothing, and it fails to address any of the very real and complex issues by turning everything into a binary of tolerant/intolerant.
- gfodor 6y agoA witty saying proves nothing, and in this case it particularly doesn't since you seem you do not know what else was being said when it was written by its author.
- gameman144 6y agoIs the irony that this cuts both ways not obvious? Seems very clear; the left thinks the right is intolerant and must be silenced, the right thinks the left is intolerant and must be hobbled. The twist is that both sides are absolutely correct: the other side is intolerant. The Paradox of Tolerance is a great game theory exercise, just like Mutually Assured Destruction, but I'd prefer to live in a society where we don't lean into these strategies with our foot on the gas.
- seppin 6y agoCalls to violence were not, and are not, protected speech. It is a false argument to say they should be now.
- cercatrova 6y agoI'm saying calls to violence are what we should be intolerant about.