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The Paradox of Tolerance refers to the intolerant using violence to physically make it impossible for the tolerant to exist.

Unclear to me how banning a subreddit is remotely related.

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> the intolerant using violence to physically make it impossible for the tolerant to exist.

Are the KKK and some extreme white supremacist org not exactly that? They want a sub group of society to be removed, and have shown to not shun violence.

Being intolerant to these hate groups is VERY NORMAL to me, and sometime we need law help platform them. It get really sad when a president seems to kinda like these groups.

If any extremists act on their ideas using violence, then of course they would count. Otherwise, tolerance of negative ideas is a part of the ‘free society’ package. Merely having unpopular or wrong opinions is not equivalent to preventing the tolerant from existing.

The_donald at some point was basically squatting the entire front page and making it unusable.

because reddit programmers are so bad they couldn't just add an _if_ statement, or a limit?

That's literally what they did and it was already considered censorship by some.

Considered good censorship by me. If you preach hate to minorities in my house you are also going to be asked to leave.

Oh I agree, and it's what the paradox of tolerance is about.

Do you have same rules for the majority

If that majority has been oppressing a minority then I find a little push back to that majority acceptable. Anyone should be able to address and counter oppression/exploitation. Hating the oppressor falls in line with my expectations.

Reddit is not your house.

It is Reddit, Inc.'s house.

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