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Do not tolerate the intolerant.
Toleration is a social contract. Those that break the contract should not be allowed to seek protection under it.
This is such a wonderfully ironic statement. It is through toleration that they are painted in a poor light.
Tolerance is a social contract not a right. If you are tolerant, you earn tolerance for yourself. If you are intolerant, you don't deserve tolerance yourself. It's really not that complicated imo. I don't feel the need to be tolerant of racist, bigoted people.
I've never heard it said that way. This is a fantastic way to put it.
You dont. You just have to be tolerant of their existence because theirr existance is protected by right and law. If you punch a Nazi your still getting charged with assault and battery. If you kill a racist your still going to jail. We dont illegalize views and ideas in america.
No you don't have to tolerate their existence.
We fought a war against Nazis for a fucking reason.
Their ideals are shut and anyone who pushes them is worth less than the air they breath and the dirt they shit in.
The first amendment says you do in fact have to tolerate them sir. You may not commit acts of violence against them for their speech or you get put in prison. Thats the way it is.
The first amendment applies to the government's actions. Not personal actions.
Hate speech is not a protected class so you can be refused service for it at any business,
This is ideal, but falls on a simple premise - everyone believes the other party is intolerant and that they are proudly righeous in behaving like a judge, jury and executioner.
Open and free critique means manipulation and grooming happens far less effectively, which neuters anything from its core. Society is the judge, but it must also be the metric it is measured against.
Funny, I thought they hated gays too /j
I feel like you're just being contrarian for its own sake.
The first paragraph is just plain false. Everyone believes others to be intolerant? No, the parent comment just said you be intolerant to the people who prove themselves to be intolerant? "Judge, Jury, Executioner"? Word salad. And people should judge others - we already do that, thats how we know if we can trust someone and expend the energy spend guarding against them in more useful tasks. The second paragraph is just a whole lot of words that say nothing.
Also, I'm just following your advice:
Be better.
paradox of tolerance
From the article...
there is nothing worthwhile lost silencing nazi bullshit from social media
If you don't win the argument, the argument goes on forever.
lol imagine trying to ‘win’ an argument with an idiot instead of just mocking them for the lulz…
It's not about winning, or replying directly to just the troll/conflict bot.
It's about leaving an elaboration of the initial opinion, for everyone else who comes by later to the topic and reads.
it’s not trolling to refuse to engage bad actors
anyone who thinks you can reason those fools into enlightenment is lol
mock, deride, condemn, move on
social rejection is how you handle it, when they want to be a part of the social contract they can return