Re:Mandated diversity statement drives Jonathan Haidt to qui...
by bluescrn on Sunday October 02, 2022 @04:43PM
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> As Popper said, only those views that directly incite violence or cannot be kept in check by public opinion should be silenced
But these days, it's become commonplace to equate words (or sometimes even silence) with violence.
There is, because literally every viewpoint is an implicit repudiation of some set of values, ie. aka intolerance. The whole point of tolerance is the recognition of this fact and that resolving such differences requires dialogue (edit: resolving them without violence that is).
As Popper said, only those views that directly incite violence or cannot be kept in check by public opinion should be silenced, otherwise you put the whole enterprise of tolerance in jeopardy.