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> Are you aware of the tolerance paradox of Popper? > The woke sense of tolerance Yes, Popper wrote the "paradox of tolerance" in 1945 as a liberal philosophi
by asabjorn 6y ago
> Are you aware of the tolerance paradox of Popper?
> The woke sense of tolerance
Yes, Popper wrote the "paradox of tolerance" in 1945 as a liberal philosophical answer to the national socialists that were intolerant to violations to their fundamentalist norms.
What the paradox of intolerance says is that we should be intolerant towards totalizing belief systems that justify force and coercion against viewpoint opponent to enforce their compliance to its norms. The woke belief system is exactly the kind of belief system he warned us about. Basically, Popper says tolerance need to be a two-way street.
> I did not accuse him, I said I valued him coming around on this topic. It seems you want to paint me in a color no matter what I say.
That is not what I meant, as I’ve been responding to your request for a defense. Focus is on the accusation and how this kind of accusation found in the linked open letter is frequently used by the woke to reduce the moral standing of opponents. I demonstrated how if you respond to such an accusation, that due to its woke political activist wording demonstrably at least partially contain political activist aspects, you will still loose moral standing.