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Journal by Azuma Hazuki
Tolerance Is Not A Moral Precept.

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: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07, @11:50AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07, @11:50AM (#1305114)

    Why does this keep coming up, raised by khallow? Is this what put an end to his Wingman business? The accusations of rape? (Kind of a Trumpy thing, after all) And the kangaroo court at a campus, where of course conservative young men are cancelled. More and more, I bethinks the man to be guilty, by means of a preponderance of unsolicited whinging.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday May 18, @07:28AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 18, @07:28AM (#1306813) Journal
    I imagine if I hadn't brought it up, then someone might complain that I'm not bringing it up enough. Like when several people flipped out over my off-hand, but accurate observation:

    The only real complaint is how long it's taking to process everyone through the courts. This was known to be a problem from shortly after the arrests started.

    The very first reply was

    From suddenly caring about the speed of the justice system, which has been horrible for a long time with lots of injustices you cannot be bothered to even condemn; to using the thankfully small amount of bloodshed to try and declare an insurrection as a peaceful lrotest.....

    Seems a lot of bad faith arguments out there - I'm both complaining too much and not enough. But I'm sure that with enough help from the stupidest people on the internet, I'll get the right levels of complaining on these weighty topics. BTW, have you considered doing a YouTube video on bungee jumping with piano wire? It'd be a good look for you.