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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: 3, Insightful) by khallow on Sunday April 30, @12:18AM
I don't agree, but if the author did that, then why bother to write the article with that much failure already acknowledged? I notice a picture of a woman brandishing a baseball bat with the subtitle "This photo by the Degenderettes is perhaps the perfect summary of the appropriate limits of tolerance." Are we whacking intolerant people now?
Cool narrative, but I haven't hurt anyone on SN nor am about to start. And my response doesn't boil down to that. I guess we have the fantasy tale spinner Azuma today. Meds.
So sorry to disappoint.
This sort of nazi reply is why I just don't take these arguments seriously. You talk a good game, but in the end, you're just another intolerant hypocrite on the internet.
I think the government response to the January 6 protest were instructive. First, no bloodbath during the protest itself and a slow withdrawal into the Capitol. Only one person died from violence and they were particularly stupid.
Then in the post-protest period, they arrested people mostly on clearly documented (often by video) crimes. 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.
This is the sort of response to intolerance that makes sense. Don't care what the beliefs are, punish them for the harm they actually do.