There’s a sentence in the middle of the paradox of tolerance that is universally fucking ignored.
In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be most unwise.
That’s from the original author, Karl Popper, in the piece in which he originally defined it.
Yeah, we’re past that point when it comes to the state of the US federal government, but people consistently skip or ignore that part when it comes to shit that is in a less dire state.
Something to bear in mind as well, to your point about actions versus words is that at least this quoted portion is about “utterances”. Like you said, it’s not about telling people to stand down against shit like ICE, it’s about people saying intolerant things, like Kirk was.
Better ways to fight that than censorship and murder.
There’s a sentence in the middle of the paradox of tolerance that is universally fucking ignored.
That’s from the original author, Karl Popper, in the piece in which he originally defined it.
Yeah, we’re past that point when it comes to the state of the US federal government, but people consistently skip or ignore that part when it comes to shit that is in a less dire state.
Exactly, thank you for finding that quote; I never have the patience to go and look it up when this comes up.
Something to bear in mind as well, to your point about actions versus words is that at least this quoted portion is about “utterances”. Like you said, it’s not about telling people to stand down against shit like ICE, it’s about people saying intolerant things, like Kirk was.
Better ways to fight that than censorship and murder.