cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6541859

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.

  • almar_quigley@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I don’t disagree with you at all but I think this is only possible in an atheistic society. I don’t have a lot of hope for that in my lifetime unfortunately.

    • cerevant@lemm.eeEnglish
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      9 months ago

      The US has an atheist government - it is right there in the first amendment - we just allowed the theists to stack the Supreme Court with other theists.