Re:Backsliding on free expression around the world needs to end
by dbingham on Thursday September 01, 2022 @02:23PM
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There's a line though. It's called the paradox of intolerance. If we are tolerant of intolerance, then we risk intolerance winning.
So we need to be tolerant of different ways of thinking - EXCEPT - for those ways of thinking that seek to take power to oppress others.
And that, of course, is where things can get sticky. Because we often differ on what constitutes oppression. There are those who believe that any form of taxation is oppression, while most would agree it is necessary for society to function.
There are certain things that we really should all be able to agree constitute oppression however - and top among them is wanting to kill, enslave, or restrict people for nothing more than being who they were born as.
Today, many people seem to equate those who are being intolerant of intolerance with those who are actually being intolerant.
So we need to be tolerant of different ways of thinking - EXCEPT - for those ways of thinking that seek to take power to oppress others.
And that, of course, is where things can get sticky. Because we often differ on what constitutes oppression. There are those who believe that any form of taxation is oppression, while most would agree it is necessary for society to function.
There are certain things that we really should all be able to agree constitute oppression however - and top among them is wanting to kill, enslave, or restrict people for nothing more than being who they were born as.
Today, many people seem to equate those who are being intolerant of intolerance with those who are actually being intolerant.