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[–] [email protected] 93 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This comic is a good example of the Paradox of Tolerance. You can't tolerate intolerance.... it does not end well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tolerance of everything except intolerance, except that of intolerance. "Paradox" resolved.

[–] NielsBohron 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not a paradox at all if you view society and government as a social contract entered by all parties. The conditions for being protected by the tolerance provided for in the Constitution is that you extend that tolerance to everyone else. The intolerant have breached that contract and are therefore no longer protected by it.

[–] samus12345 18 points 1 year ago

Yes, tolerance itself is valued, and if you're not tolerant, you need not be tolerated by others.