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You seem to be admitting that Europe fell victim to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_ma
by SilverElfin 1y ago
You seem to be admitting that Europe fell victim to this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority
- throw101010 1y agoYou seem to be admitting that the USA fell victim to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
- bofadeez 1y agoGood point. If you let the government silence extremists then they can also do it to the moderates next. Those are subjective definitions after all. Paradox of of tolerance makes it clear that what can't be tolerated is anyone promoting law that restricts or hinders freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. Lest we be left with no reasonable tolerance for any moderate speech at all, and we're left with intolerance toward all speech. Fortunately the first amendment exists and we don't have to worry too much. Thanks for pointing that out though, it's a great talking point for free speech absolutists.