I suffer from the paradox of tolerance whereby those who want a tolerant society must not tolerate intolerance. Those that are intolerant must be removed from society if you are to truly achieve tolerance.

I guess I'm fascist now too..

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 1 points 23 minutes ago* (last edited 16 minutes ago)

The paradox is the result of the liberalist idea of some universal right to tolerance; that there's some inherent moral or pragmatic obligation for us to just tolerate everyone and everything possible.

There's no moral nor pragmatic benefit to tolerating neo-nazis in a community. We don't need some mental gymanastical paradox to excuse that fact. Being a neo-nazi is a personal choice to be harmful antisocial scum, comparable to child abusers and billionaires, and the abstract liberalist idea that they automatically deserve freedom, liberty or tolerance in the first place is pointless and dangerous.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

The paradox of tolerance isn't a paradox when you look at it not as a hard rule, but a social contract.

If ya wanna decide the social contract, rules of order or just plain human niceties don't apply....well then they don't apply to you, either. The ol' absolute freedom gotcha

[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 6 points 9 hours ago

Nah that's legit. If you're going to have a tolerant society, you can't show that same tolerance to those who are intolerant because they are a threat to the tolerance and will eradicate you. I think it was Karl Popper? To preserve a tolerant society we have to exercise the right to not tolerate the intolerant.