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>bigotry >intolerance toward those who hold different opinions from oneself. Quite an ironic comment.

tjr225 9y ago
It's really not.
adbachman 9y ago
It's the Paradox of Tolerance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance Refusing to tolerate the intolerant, when their intolerance _may_ be an imminent threat to society (e.g. neo-nazis in the US being defended by the current president) is paradoxical and distasteful, but not inconsistent with a liberal position on tolerance.
- 2muchcoffeeman 9y ago
  When ever I think about issues regarding racism and tolerance, I like to think of Daryl Davis and Keshia Thomas. http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/black-man-daryl-davis-befriends-kkk-documentary-accidental-courtesy_us_585c250de4b0de3a08f495fc http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/black-man-daryl-davis... http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/black-woman-recalls-day-saved-alleged-kkk-member-mob-article-1.1501050 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/black-woman-recalls...
  - Chaebixi 9y ago
    Those are both fantastic! That's the exact kind of thing we need more of in response to this: love and kindness can literally extinguish the hate in people. Unfortunately, that takes way more courage and strength than it does to engage in a twitter witch hunt.
- Sacho 9y ago
  Is that really a paradox in the US? Popper talks about unlimited tolerance, but this is not the case in the US or really any country. There's not even unlimited tolerance of speech, as we're well aware of narrow exceptions to the FA - defamation, obscenity, fighting words... It seems to be by the time intolerant people become an imminent threat, they would have already broken the tolerance levels in the US - e.g. physical violence.
nxsynonym 9y ago
I find it more ironic that last week people applauded Google for firing James Damore and saying "there's no room for that here", and this week Google is threatening free speech by removing real threatening content.

It's really not.

It's the Paradox of Tolerance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance Refusing to tolerate the intolerant, when their intolerance _may_ be an imminent threat to society (e.g. neo-nazis in the US being defended by the current president) is paradoxical and distasteful, but not inconsistent with a liberal position on tolerance.

2muchcoffeeman 9y ago
When ever I think about issues regarding racism and tolerance, I like to think of Daryl Davis and Keshia Thomas. http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/black-man-daryl-davis-befriends-kkk-documentary-accidental-courtesy_us_585c250de4b0de3a08f495fc http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/black-man-daryl-davis... http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/black-woman-recalls-day-saved-alleged-kkk-member-mob-article-1.1501050 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/black-woman-recalls...
- Chaebixi 9y ago
  Those are both fantastic! That's the exact kind of thing we need more of in response to this: love and kindness can literally extinguish the hate in people. Unfortunately, that takes way more courage and strength than it does to engage in a twitter witch hunt.
Sacho 9y ago
Is that really a paradox in the US? Popper talks about unlimited tolerance, but this is not the case in the US or really any country. There's not even unlimited tolerance of speech, as we're well aware of narrow exceptions to the FA - defamation, obscenity, fighting words... It seems to be by the time intolerant people become an imminent threat, they would have already broken the tolerance levels in the US - e.g. physical violence.

nxsynonym 9y ago

I find it more ironic that last week people applauded Google for firing James Damore and saying "there's no room for that here", and this week Google is threatening free speech by removing real threatening content.