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Fraidy_K t1_j5l8v1l wrote

To explicitly not denigrate any individual point regarding the mentioned examples of intolerance from the political right, the utter void of acknowledgment of instances from politically liberal sources like Oberlin College v Gibson’s Bakery, the new Stanford campus speech code, UC Berkeley’s student newspaper Daily Californian and their overtly hypocritical stance on free speech, and just about everything that is Columbia University makes for just the most palpable irony when discussing Popper’s views on tolerance.

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1stStreetY t1_j5n1xtn wrote

As a lefty i think your examples are fair and worth bringing up. It seems folks assume because you pointed out intolerance on the left you must lean right and therefore you are downvoted?

The right has been radicalized imo beyond the left, but it’s fair to point out that the left has many examples (particularly on college campuses) of unjustifiable harmful intolerance. the idea that just the right has acted in ways that make people feel justified in their intolerance is narrow.

as op points out the intolerance on either side is not supported by The Paradox of Tolerance.

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