Null User Object to Wisconsin Political [email protected]English • 6 months agoWisconsin Republicans block PFAS cleanup until polluters are granted immunitywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down11cross-posted to: politics[email protected]
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkWisconsin Republicans block PFAS cleanup until polluters are granted immunitywww.theguardian.comNull User Object to Wisconsin Political [email protected]English • 6 months agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: politics[email protected]
minus-squarerecursive_recursion [they/them]linkfedilinkEnglish15•edit-26 months agoby protecting those that toxify the environment, the environment ceases to be pristine this is an example of the fallacy/paradox: tolerating the intolerant
minus-square@ZachariahlinkEnglish2•6 months agoThey don’t need protecting since there is no paradox: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/109667839755020395 The Paradox of Tolerance disappears if you look at tolerance, not as a moral standard, but as a social contract. If someone does not abide by the terms of the contract, then they are not covered by it. In other words: The intolerant are not following the rules of the social contract of mutual tolerance. Since they have broken the terms of the contract, they are no longer covered by the contract, and their intolerance should NOT be tolerated.
by protecting those that toxify the environment, the environment ceases to be pristine
this is an example of the fallacy/paradox:
They don’t need protecting since there is no paradox: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/109667839755020395