I’ve read several explanations, but I think I need it really dumbed down to grasp it.
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The tolerance paradox is easily sidestepped in some situations.
The most common current example of this would be bigots getting called out and resorting to “so much for the tolerant left” as an emergency exit.
Fuck off bigot, I’m not tolerant and never claimed to be. By its very definition, tolerance means allowing behavior that you disagree with. I do not tolerate homosexuality, transsexuality, gender fluidity, etc. To tolerate those things I would first need to inherently believe that those are inappropriate behaviors. They aren’t. They needn’t be tolerated. Merely accepted.
I’m am very accepting of views and behaviors that I may not espouse, but at the same time incredibly intolerant of bigotry, racism, sexism, etc.
Allowing bigots to frame sexual orientation, race, or other culture war issues as something to be tolerated is the wrong move. Always turn the tables on them. Never tolerate their bigotry.
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