Wiki - The paradox of tolerance states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually ceased or destroyed by the intolerant. Karl Popper described it as the seemingly self-contradictory idea that in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must retain the right to be intolerant of intolerance.

  • HubertManne@kbin.social
    37·
    1 year ago

    I agree and im a free speech absolutist type. It really comes down to what is allowed. The top panel is huge as he says respect. No one has to respect anyones ideas but they can allow them to have them and relate them in private and open public forums. The right to free speech does not allow someone to enter the whitehouse to make the speech there. It just means that if they are otherwise not messing with people or breaking the law they can say or write what they want. but you can’t write on someone elses private wall or not be kicked out of an establishment for your speech. You don’t vote them into office out of tolerance or wanting to hear from both/all sides. Your own free speech rights allow you to ridicule away or whatever you want.

    • icepuncher69
      12·
      1 year ago

      Its not even to that extreme imo, for example if im saying “we should kill all x people” that is just instigation on mass murder, and that is illegal, and i dont know if its actually punishable by law but saying that in a public space will definetly put you on a watch list. I meant that this is used as a solution for a problem that is already solved with laws and regulations on political speech, and comes up like rallying against “everyone who disagrees with me is a biggot since i whant to give everyone ice cream and if you disagree then you whant to give everyone AIDS” when there are more nuanced takes like people being lactose intolerant, other not liking ice cream and others having diabetes or simply whanting to reduce their sugar/fats consumption and would rather have an orange. And grouping them with the “whanting to give AIDS to everyone” crowd is just a very childish way to handle this type of isues.

      • HubertManne@kbin.social
        13·
        1 year ago

        And simply put speech is a conversation and intolerance as they display it. IE nazi philosophy. Should be struck down in the converastion. If a majority of a democracy is ok with the philosophy the problem is not free speech.