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throw0101a

You have to draw a line somewhere:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

* 5 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24082241

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Popper's paradox of tolerance is flawed reasoning IMO. Who decides what is tolerant and what is not?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes%...

That’s why it’s called a paradox.

Paradox of tolerance is nonsense. If you are intolerant "only to the intolerant", you are intolerant, period.

If you want to have some moral higher ground, win them over with your virtue. Yes, it's incredibly hard. But it is not a hypocritical bullshit like this 'paradox'.

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