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Wiki - The paradox of tolerance states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually ceased or destroyed by the intolerant. Karl Popper described it as the seemingly self-contradictory idea that in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must retain the right to be intolerant of intolerance.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Read the rest of the page, context is included.

The things that cause harm change, the definition of harm is constant, not all harm is equal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having read the rest of the thread I would like you to answer @[email protected] 's questions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

@[email protected], got caught up on two simple questions and lost their composure.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I disagree. He asked a question that gets to the heart of the question, given that the definition of what is "harmful" has changed over the years and will continue to change into the future; does OP support the censorship of the things it would have censored and the things it may censor in the future? It's a valid question and it core to the disagreement.

If OP doesn't care about the dangers of censorship that's fine, but they shouldn't act like you can allow censorship without the problems it has historically and will in the future cause.