• madcaesar@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    The paradox of tolerance is a philosophical concept suggesting that if a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the eventual dominance of intolerance; thereby undermining the very principle of tolerance. This paradox was articulated by philosopher Karl Popper in The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945),[1] where he argued that a truly tolerant society must retain the right to deny tolerance to those who promote intolerance.

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      2 hours ago

      Yes, I agree with this. That doesn’t say take away democracy to preserve it though. That’s talking about tolerance and censorship, which I agree with. If we believe in democracy, we must put our faith into it. I’m not suggesting we ignore great evils, but I am suggesting we don’t become evil to fight evil, because becoming the thing you hate just to fight it means you end up fighting yourself. You’ve lost. You’ve proven your ideal is no ideal at all.

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        2 hours ago

        What you’re saying is shit we’re fed by comic books and Hollywood. In the real world when you’re dealing with real psychopaths and where they have overwhelmingly taken control of government via decscdes of surpression lies and propaganda, the comic book logic doesn’t work.

        In the movies, the bad guy always pays for his transgressions.

        In the real world a child rapists, treasonus piece of shit has been re-elected. Twice…