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Re:Google Can't Seem to Tolerate Diversity by slg on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:47PM (#14962496)
I like that analogy. The immune system is generally good, but it can do a lot of damage if any number of things go wrong.

In the grand scheme of things, being intolerant towards intolerance is certainly on the positive side, but it is still scary seeing the vitriol directed towards whoever is the current target of our internet hate.

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Re:Google Can't Seem to Tolerate Diversity by rbanffy on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @07:32PM (#14964025)
> but it can do a lot of damage if any number of things go wrong.

You can argue the current anti-intellectual attitude of a large part of the population is a immune reaction to the political power intellectuals had when their opinion was sought by politicians.

You can also argue white supremacism is an immune reaction to what some white populations incorrectly perceive as a threat to their historic prosperity.

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