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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.
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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Agnes' Law:
Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Friday May 05, @05:50AM
Which spam moderation, AC? You are anonymous, remember?
I did not say that the actions of some ACs where the only cause of the loss of membership - there are of course others, including the fact that we just went through several years of a pandemic, job insecurity and financial hardship.
However, it was the most repeated reason given from the responses that I have had. People complained that it was the personal attacks against people for having expressing their opinion, the disruption to discussions and the widespread off-topic crap posting that had resulted in them being no longer interested in remaining on this site. Many also gave other reasons too, but it remains the "main reason" quoted. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this is the same as reported by other social media sites. Many of the giants in social media are struggling with the very same problem.
I have not kept the responses (they are no longer on our site so why would I?) so I cannot count them. I am not going to make up a figure just to provide a convenient response to your question. I simply complied with their requests to remove any personally identifiable data associated with their account (signatures, web site links, links to professional bodies etc).