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Cake day: July 17th, 2023

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  • The paradox of tolerance is just one philosophy on free speech (well really, an argument against it). Personally I think it is too easy to abuse to be a useful guide. EVERYONE thinks they are tolerant and EVERYONE thinks their political opposition isn’t, so if everyone subscribes to the idea of the paradox of tolerance you end up with the people with power always trying to suppress the opposition. For example conservatives literally refer to the left as “the intolerant left”.













  • I think, in the literal sense you are correct, it is a legal form of violence. But what are you proposing? Saying you hate trans people, you don’t respect them (I’ve never heard conservatives actually call them “subhuman” but it probably does happen) etc. is reprehensible but it’s not illegal, and preventing people from saying mean things to one another is a pretty extreme form of censorship. If I make fun of someone and they later commit suicide should I be charged with a crime?