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And who should get to decide what's "intolerant"? You? Why? This "paradox of tolerance" thing is just a cudgel used to advocate for censorship, and people who b
by quotemstr 5y ago
And who should get to decide what's "intolerant"? You? Why? This "paradox of tolerance" thing is just a cudgel used to advocate for censorship, and people who bring it out (who I suspect have never read anything else Poppe wrote) seldom discuss the logical implications of the view they're espousing.
The "paradox of tolerance", in other words, is nothing more than a thought terminating cliche.
- im3w1l 5y agoThe funny thing is that such a use turns it on its head. Censorship is exactly "refusing to meet on the level of rational argument". Censorship is exactly "denouncing argument". Censorship is exactly "forbid their followers to listen". If anything, Popper is saying that Republicans need to get violent.