• Norgur
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    238 months ago

    Have tolerant people to be tolerant towards the intolerant? This question has claimed the coherence of so many philosopher’s brains. Poor souls.

    • thepaperpilot
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      238 months ago

      The “paradox of tolerance” has never legitimately stumped anyone. The initial act of intolerance broke the social contract, thus removing their right to tolerance themselves.

    • @[email protected]
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      158 months ago

      If only someone had taught them about social contracts, which only conditionally requires us to tolerate people so long as they tolerate us.

    • KillingTimeItself
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      58 months ago

      this is my favorite philosophical fact. You can only have a defined definition if that definition excludes things, otherwise it is not appropriately defined. And therefore broad.