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do evil games expect evil prizes, thank you Rainer Forst

edit: this is a pedagogical post, not a philosophical one. i actually fully agree with the paradox of tolerance and its conclusion! i just find that it doesn’t work as well as an educational tool for introducing people to the concept. sorry for any confusion :)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Longer explanation: the supposed paradox of tolerance is when people whine about not being protected by tolerant society when they do something intolerant. They claim society isn't so tolerant if it doesn't tolerate their intolerance.

In reality, society is built upon social contracts. One of those contracts is tolerance. If someone is intolerant, they've broken the social contract and therefore are no longer protected by that contract. In fact, it is society's responsibility to reject the intolerant actors to protect the rest of society.