Comment by ignoramous

Comment by ignoramous 3 hours ago

> I agree with the sentiment, but unfortunately often this is too simplistic. For example, a lot of Palestinians are not tolerant towards LGPT people -> a lot of LGPT people are not tolerant towards Israelis -> a lot of Israelis are not tolerant towards Palestinians.

Nice bait with broad sweeping generalizations there.

One of critiques of "Paradox of Tolerance" is its proponents (probably not Karl Popper himself) take the argument to its extremes (similar to the generalization you posit), while the reality is more of a spectrum.

throwfaraway135 3 hours ago

I didn't intend it to be bait. It is a generalization, but if you read carefully, there is "a lot" at each point.

And pretending that there aren't large swaths of people who have different ideas and you can group them into "tolerant" and "none tolerant" is also a generalization.

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neutronicus 3 hours ago

Yes, I think of “paradox of tolerance” as a sort of glib rebuttal people give when enjoined to tolerate someone.

“Fuck you, that person is intolerant, I get to do whatever I want to them. And man, how uncultured are you that you would even suggest otherwise. You must never have heard of this philosopher!”

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