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

  • Bgugi@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    You both completely miss the argument. Cile is strawmanning, vas is again viewing from the omniscient or opposing viewpoint.

    Virtually all intolerants perceive themselves as victims. Permitting “intolerance of intolerance” is just accelerationist, “might makes right” ideology.

    • HP_Rubshaft@lemmynsfw.com
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      10 hours ago

      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?

      • Bgugi@lemmy.world
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        6 hours 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.