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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 16:23:01 JST Aral Balkan

   “Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.”

   – Karl Popper

   • Malinux (malin@linuxrocks.online)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 17:32:40 JST Malinux

     in reply to

     • Jens Finkhäuser

     @jens @aral I don't see a paradox, even with universal tolerance. Plenty of Buddhists preach universal acceptance. Even going beyond tolerance doesn't destroy their views, or contradict them.

     It's pretty weak as paradoxes go. Doesn't really have the punch of Theseus Ship.

   • Jens Finkhäuser (jens@social.finkhaeuser.de)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 17:32:42 JST Jens Finkhäuser

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     @aral I always find it worth pointing out that the "paradox" of tolerance, as it's called, is only a paradox when you treat tolerance as a moral precept.

     But it's not.

     Tolerance is a social contract, intended to protect anyone who adheres to it.

     People who deliberately break it? They opt out of the protections, too, not just the responsibilities.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 18:24:09 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Eesger :frl:

     @eesger Yeah, I love that poster :)

   • Eesger :frl: (eesger@mastodon.frl)'s status on Tuesday, 20-Jun-2023 18:24:10 JST Eesger :frl:

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     @aral last year I shared "a good visual" of Karl Popper:

     The #paradox of #Tolerance
     https://mastodon.frl/@eesger/109559820733169791