FakePhillyCheezStake t1_j5kwwq3 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 7:06 PM

Reply to comment by XiphosAletheria in Argument for a more narrow understanding of the Paradox of Tolerance by doubtstack

You’ve hit the nail right on the head.

It’s so cringe-inducing when people go around citing the paradox of tolerance to argue for the criminalization of certain types of speech and other things that Karl Popper most certainly would have been opposed to.

Velrex t1_j5m0zi4 wrote on January 23, 2023 at 11:22 PM

It's because most people haven't even read anything karl popper wrote and are just citing the meme they saw on Twitter that their favorite influencer posted and thought "man, that helps justify my beliefs".

bildramer t1_j5oa3ra wrote on January 24, 2023 at 12:35 PM

Cringe-inducing? More like terrifying, how the people you thought were liberal and principled would put the Nazis to shame with their rhetoric. Look at some other comments in this very post, they want to criminalize conservative opinions, deny their vote or outright bomb them all, and have no fear saying it out in the open.

VitriolicViolet t1_j5qofwm wrote on January 24, 2023 at 10:03 PM

eh, both sides are as nuts and bad as each other frankly, horseshoe theory looks better everyday.

if either side had their way authoritarianism would flourish (both sides require it to achieve their goals, one side wants to force people into the future and the other the past. they should just leave people alone)

not to mention the fact both sides have identical economics (ignoring commies and LiBeRtArIaNs)