Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
by nickbauman on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:25AM
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Yes, Popper was the original on this thinking. Not Taleb. This is where the phrase "freedom requires we be intolerant of the intolerant"
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Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
by firmnoodle on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:50AM
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I didn't know about Popper before. This rings so true today more than ever. I often joke about my home town of San Francisco that we are very open minded as long as you believe exactly the same things we believe.
Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
by Udik on Friday August 07, 2020 @11:01AM
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Unfortunately, everyone seems to be keen on justifying their own intolerance with the supposed intolerance of the other.
If all it takes people to be freely intolerant is to convince themselves that the object of their intolerance is intolerant too, intolerance spreads everywhere.
Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
by tstrimple on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:20PM
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Yeah, it's not like we have actual Neo Nazis marching in our streets chanting things like "The Jews will not replace us!". It's just a bunch of SJW calling everyone intolerant so they can be intolerant themselves.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/nazis-r...
Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
by Udik on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:44PM
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Ah, you're referring to that time when 100 idiots out of a country of 320 million people dressed up like nazis three years ago?
Re:US to ban transactions with ByteDance and WeChat in 45 days
by nickbauman on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @11:42AM
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Please check out the term "Overton Window"