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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by cmonnow on Monday June 29, 2020 @05:59PM (#23683733)
> paradox of tolerance

Unnecessary use of the 'paradox' label.

If a criminal shoots a cop, that is violence.

If a cop shoots the criminal back, is that the 'paradox of violence' ?

If a surgeon cuts open a patient with a knife, to treat a tumor, is that the 'paradox of violence' ?

Violence used to curb violence is peace. Peace used to ignore violence is violence.

There is nothing 'paradoxical' about not tolerating the intolerant. That is basic justice.

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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by class4behavior on Monday June 29, 2020 @06:18PM (#23683994)
>Unnecessary use of the 'paradox' label.

No, it is not. You just didn't read up what the paradox is—or what a paradox is for that matter.

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Re:India bans TikTok, WeChat, and dozens of other Chinese apps by cmonnow on Monday June 29, 2020 @06:28PM (#23684118)
Tolerating the intolerant, or intolerating the intolerant - that's not a paradox.

It's no different from the police using violence on violent people.

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