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  • livixPmfOQRj@burggit.moetosh.itjust.works Main Community@sh.itjust.works•Hey could we defederate with exploding-heads.com/English
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    1 year ago

    People rarely know what the paradox of tolerance really is and just use it as a cudgel to shut down any argument they disagree with.

    The creator of the idea himself said

    "I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be most unwise.

    But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument"