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Re:Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code by mikem170 on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:45PM (#29084754)
> Unbounded tolerance is how free and open societies commit suicide and succumb to authoritarian regimes where intolerance is the norm.

Actually, I believe everything works out if everyone is intolerant of intolerance. That would include suicide bombers.

People need to stop imposing on others.

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Re:Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code by alex_munroe on Sunday November 14, 2021 @11:44AM (#29218332)
The problem is that once you have that loophole in the ideals of free speech, people start calling everyone they disagree with "intolerant" in order to feel good about themselves while shutting down the speech of people who disagree with them.
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Re:Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code by nuerow on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:54PM (#29084913)
> People need to stop imposing on others.

What would you think would work if an authoritarian political movement plagued with xenophobia wants to use your work as a key tool to start imposing on tolerant people?

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