I'm all for it, but what kicked it off?

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[–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

This just feels like an enlightened centrist take or worse, playing cover for bigotry.

Cile is less strawmanning and more exemplifying the absurdity of applying this mentality to literal Nazis and white supremacists.

Can you give an example of your assertion, historical or imagined, where we SHOULDN'T act against acts of intolerance due to some muddying factor?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Ultimately, my argument is that the "paradox of tolerance" is intellectually dishonest answer to cognitive dissonance. It's refusing to accept responsibility for selecting in-groups and out-groups.

    It's not prescriptive. These divisions are a natural conclusion of moral systems. Acting on these divisions is a natural conclusion of other moral systems.

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