captain acab on Nostr: To paraphrase a meme I saw a while back, there is no "paradox of tolerance" if you ...
To paraphrase a meme I saw a while back, there is no "paradox of tolerance" if you view tolerance as a social contract rather than a moral standard. Those who break the terms of the contract aren't covered by it.
In other words, we should absolutely be intolerant of bigotry, and when they say "so much for the tolerant left" you can respond thusly:
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