This is a thorough once-over giving the lie to the "conservatives'" self-serving bullshit squealing that "Butbutbutbutbut if you don't tolerate my intolerance you're a hypocrite!" The short version, as put forth in the article, is this: tolerance is a peace treaty, not a suicide pact.
Put another way, it's social technology, just like laws. It allows us, in an ever-more-connected global society, to exist and function. Like a treaty it covers those, and only those, who are party to it.
This means that if you're a genocidal fucking psychopath then no, Virginia, we do not have to "tolerate" your unhinged ramblings. You are cancer in the body politic. You have gleefully ripped your human card to shreds and dropped the pieces in an incinerator, cackling like a hyena on PCP at how you have "owned the libs." You have placed yourselves outside the treaty. We are not obligated to put up with your shit.
tl;dr: if you can't behave like a civilized human being, don't be surprised when you get treated like a rabid animal. Read and be better, or don't, it's your choice, but don't bitch when you get your find-outs.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 01, @04:23PM
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by Anonymous Coward
on Monday May 01, @04:23PM (#1304224)
> Have you justified their behavior either?
No, I have not made your argument for you. Have you explained why they're insurrectionists?
> Hysteria like what you exhibit here is the worst effect.
Actually by your own standards this goes in my favor. Trump recently called on them to attack again and they refused. They thought they'd be heroes the first time around, now they know better despite your attempts to enable them.
My argument doesn't depend on me justifying anyone's behavior.
Actually by your own standards this goes in my favor. Trump recently called on them to attack again and they refused. They thought they'd be heroes the first time around, now they know better despite your attempts to enable them.
What does "called on them to attack again" actually mean?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 03, @09:19PM
(15 children)
by Anonymous Coward
on Wednesday May 03, @09:19PM (#1304586)
> My argument doesn't depend on me justifying anyone's behavior.
Maybe so, maybe no, but I'm not the one going to bat for them. That's a position you took up, though your inability to make your point without pushing the goal-posts together until they're touching raises the question of why you're even bothering.
> What does "called on them to attack again" actually mean?
I really don't believe you don't know what I'm referring to, and my free time is short.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 04, @12:16AM
(13 children)
by Anonymous Coward
on Thursday May 04, @12:16AM (#1304622)
I'd tease you about not even bothering to follow a topic you're really hot-headed about even when it dominates the news cycle for a week, but you've participated in discussions about it. My take is is that you don't research anything at all and instead need me to seed you with something to argue with.
I'd tease you about not even bothering to follow a topic you're really hot-headed about even when it dominates the news cycle for a week, but you've participated in discussions about it.
Or shows that I'm not hot-headed about this subject. When your narrative disagrees with reality, it's not reality that's wrong.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 04, @07:54AM
(10 children)
by Anonymous Coward
on Thursday May 04, @07:54AM (#1304690)
And what do you do when reality is wrong? Narrow it down! ”My take is that I’m right because your judgement of my narrative irrelevant unless an unspecified individual is ruled innocent, not guilty doesn’t count for my convenience.”
I suggest you perform a simple exercise. Look over everything you wrote in this thread and look for any concrete, provable facts in what you wrote. Most of it will be "shrug". Some will be crap whining about how mean broad groups supposedly are without a single fact to support those claims. My bet is that's it. You will find that you said nothing.
Perhaps next time you can something other than "shrug".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 01, @04:23PM (17 children)
No, I have not made your argument for you. Have you explained why they're insurrectionists?
> Hysteria like what you exhibit here is the worst effect.
Actually by your own standards this goes in my favor. Trump recently called on them to attack again and they refused. They thought they'd be heroes the first time around, now they know better despite your attempts to enable them.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday May 03, @03:46AM (16 children)
My argument doesn't depend on me justifying anyone's behavior.
What does "called on them to attack again" actually mean?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 03, @09:19PM (15 children)
Maybe so, maybe no, but I'm not the one going to bat for them. That's a position you took up, though your inability to make your point without pushing the goal-posts together until they're touching raises the question of why you're even bothering.
> What does "called on them to attack again" actually mean?
I really don't believe you don't know what I'm referring to, and my free time is short.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday May 03, @11:34PM (14 children)
I don't nor do I have interest in researching vague assertions. You couldn't even be bothered to quote Trump.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 04, @12:16AM (13 children)
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday May 04, @03:59AM (11 children)
Or shows that I'm not hot-headed about this subject. When your narrative disagrees with reality, it's not reality that's wrong.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 04, @07:54AM (10 children)
And what do you do when reality is wrong? Narrow it down! ”My take is that I’m right because your judgement of my narrative irrelevant unless an unspecified individual is ruled innocent, not guilty doesn’t count for my convenience.”
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday May 04, @10:41PM (9 children)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 04, @11:49PM (8 children)
Game, set, match.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday May 06, @07:03PM (7 children)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07, @04:18AM (6 children)
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday May 07, @06:14AM (5 children)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07, @06:55AM (4 children)
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday May 07, @07:06AM (3 children)
Perhaps next time you can something other than "shrug".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07, @07:42AM (2 children)
Insecurity, right there. Now we know specifically where it is. Not that it’s a big revelation or anything, since you’ve been counting the years.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07, @09:51AM (1 child)
shrug
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 08, @04:30PM
www.dictionary.com
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 04, @06:54PM
Strange, that is the exact behavior of a prototype LLM AI! Khallow is a machine! (I knew it!)