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Prominent Canadian activist and author arrested for pro-Palestinian activism
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How is it a clear criteria? You haven't defined what you mean by intolerance
From one of my previous comments in this exact conversation:
In other words, we don't defend the right of Nazis to be Nazis because ultimately their goal is to strip rights and freedoms away from other people. Even if they're not out in the streets lynching black people and Jews, they are actively working towards destroying the place our tolerant society holds for people who are different from them. Extending tolerance to their speech leads to less tolerance in society as a whole.
Conversely, we do not treat Pride parades as intolerant speech, no matter how offensive they are to Nazis, because their goal is not to reduce the tolerance of tolerant people. Nazis don't get to be protected from other people's intolerance of them - they don't get to cry foul when someone says "Punch Nazis" - because their feelings of offence stem from their intolerance, and the intolerance others have towards them is a reaction to their intolerance.
In other words, if Nazis didn't believe in a hateful ideology, no one would hate them. Whereas Nazis will hate black people no matter what black people do or don't do.
You can't define intolerance by defining tolerance as being intolerant of intolerance. You just made a loop
Tolerance is by its nature defined as the inverse of intolerance, and vice versa. That's what the "in" at the start of "intolerance" means. They are each defined as the negation of the other.
A tolerant society is one that believes all people have a fundamental right to exist and live freely. It's really that simple. Intolerance is therefore that belief that some people do not have a fundamental right to exist and live freely.
Yes, I understand that part, I'm saying you first need to first define tolerance to negate it.
By your definition, in a tolerant society I have the right to exercise free speech. I'm not shielded from consequences of my actions, for example if it's libel. I can say anything I want about your business, but it is not true and it causes damages I'm liable for the damages.
By saying I don't have the right to express my political opinions you're being intolerant by your definition since you don't believe I should be able to live free, correct?
Yes, that is correct. Hence the "Paradox" in the "Paradox of tolerance."
Paradoxically it is necessary that a tolerant society be intolerant of one thing and one thing only; intolerance.