Karl Popper the Paradox of tolerance

[I'm With Stupid]

Depends who defines “intolerance” I suppose.

Read recently a mother was arrested at 8pm in front of her three kids for referring to a trans woman campaigner as a man on Twitter.

For me that sounds somewhat OTT.

It also depends on what we mean by "be intolerant of." There's a difference between legal consequences and social consequences. All too often you see people complaining of 'censorship' when what they actually mean is a social backlash against what they said. Being banned from Twitter is not censorship. They have no obligation to host views that they don't think are acceptable.

 

[Rascal]

It does, think back to the protests at the school that was going to teach lgbt. The protester's were mainly Muslim, so were the Muslim people intolerant of the lgbt community, or are the people who have pushed for lgbt to be taught in a mainly Muslim schools intolerant of Muslim beliefs.

Does the act of protesting necessarily make you intolerant?

This has really intrigued me, does protesting a VAR decision make you intolerant of VAR on the whole or just at that instance do you become intolerant. Can you be tolerant and intolerant at the same time?

 

[i kne albert davy]

It also depends on what we mean by "be intolerant of." There's a difference between legal consequences and social consequences. All too often you see people complaining of 'censorship' when what they actually mean is a social backlash against what they said. Being banned from Twitter is not censorship. They have no obligation to host views that they don't think are acceptable.

But that makes them intolerant of anything but what they think is acceptable not very tolerant it's so confusing.

 

[i kne albert davy]

Does the act of protesting necessarily make you intolerant?

This has really intrigued me, does protesting a VAR decision make you intolerant of VAR on the whole or just at that instance do you become intolerant. Can you be tolerant and intolerant at the same time?

Not where VARs concerned no it's impossible to be tolerant of it.

 

[Rascal]

Not where VARs concerned no it's impossible to be tolerant of it.

It really is an interesting paradox though. You are stating you have the right to be intolerant of something that others are tolerant off, so in this case its you who are intolerant.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

The former.

Would you say that if you were a Muslim though mate, and your kids were at that school?

 

[i kne albert davy]

It really is an interesting paradox though. You are stating you have the right to be intolerant of something that others are tolerant off, so in this case its you who are intolerant.

Too right I'm right in being intolerant of it being shite whilst still being tolerant of the fools who introduced it.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Does the act of protesting necessarily make you intolerant?

This has really intrigued me, does protesting a VAR decision make you intolerant of VAR on the whole or just at that instance do you become intolerant. Can you be tolerant and intolerant at the same time?

Both sides of any debate can be intolerant of the other sides views, that's why I said before who decided's what is tolerant or intolerant.

I think by definition anyone protesting is intolerant of something, it doesn't make them wrong though.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

It really is an interesting paradox though. You are stating you have the right to be intolerant of something that others are tolerant off, so in this case its you who are intolerant.

I like to think that as long as we are aware of this conflict and occasionally question our own beliefs we'll find a sensible mid point.

 

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The Overton window is the range of ideas tolerated in public discourse, also known as the window of discourse. The term is named after Joseph P. Overton, who stated that an idea's political viability depends mainly on whether it falls within this range, rather than on politicians' individual preferences.[1][2] According to Overton, the window contains the range of policies that a politician can recommend without appearing too extreme to gain or keep public office in the current climate of public opinion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window