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Ah, the Paradox of Intolerance. Who cancels the cancellers? It’s almost as though we should reserve cancellation for those seeking to exclude people from socie
by zeckalpha 5y ago
Ah, the Paradox of Intolerance. Who cancels the cancellers?
It’s almost as though we should reserve cancellation for those seeking to exclude people from society.
- devdas 5y agoAh yes, cancel those who want to cancel the intolerant. It does help to think of tolerance as a peace treaty.
- wrycoder 5y agoDon't you mean, “Cancel those who want to cancel the tolerant.” The post to which you responded said, “Only cancel the cancellors.”
- AwaAwa 5y agoIs there a paradox in 'intolerance'? Or do you mean the 'paradox of tolerance'?
- zeckalpha 5y agoI do not. The Paradox of Intolerance is expecting that you get to be intolerant of others while not expecting others to be intolerant of you.
- Jensson 5y agoIn most cases the right thing to do is to ignore the intolerant. They benefit from a divided society with lots of hate, the less hate the less power the intolerant instigators have. Sometimes you need to put them into prison to protect others, but as Popper said we should leave that option only as a last resort since ultimately intolerance breeds more intolerance so it isn't a good way to create a tolerant society.
- tomp 5y agoWe all should. I'm generally very "pacifist" (not that this is violence, but I don't like attacking people in any sense of the word) and "live-and-let-live" on principle, but I also follow the "reverse golden rule" - i.e. I assume others are following the golden rule. Therefore: Bullies deserve to be bullied (and, yes, let's call out this behaviour by what it is - bullying).