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The Taliban in Afghanistan think women should not be educated. I am intolerant of their views and look disdainfully upon them. This does not make me an asshol
by syzarian 4y ago
The Taliban in Afghanistan think women should not be educated. I am intolerant of their views and look disdainfully upon them. This does not make me an asshole. Some views are repugnant enough to merit intolerance.
Each person decides for themself whether or not a belief deserves to be met with intolerance. The Paradox of Tolerance can be used by assholes to justify their intolerance but it can also be used by people who are in the right. Perhaps in the present context at Stanford you should be tolerant of the intolerant lest you become one of the assholes.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoThat opinion alone does not make you an asshole, however, how you engage with the idea and people who hold it may make you an asshole. If you go and kill 250k Afagan civilians in the name of intolerance, including women an children, you might be an asshole.