Lemvi

The paradox of tolerance is this: “Defending tolerance requires to not tolerate the intolerant”. It sounds like a paradox, but I don’t think it is, “tolerance” is just poorly defined.

The Cambridge dictionary defines tolerance as the “willingness to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them”.

First of, this definition does not differentiate between behaviours that harm others and behaviours that don’t.

Secondly it is not clear what “accepting” means or rather what “not accepting” would entail.

Thirdly, it doesn’t cover racism, which is not about beliefs or behaviour, but identity.

And fourth: It doesn’t differentiate between accepting beliefs and accepting behaviours.

So, here is how I feel about the paradox of tolerance: Fundamentaly, I agree. We do not have to tolerate racism or homophobia etc. Personally, i think we should accept all kinds of beliefs, even that of bigots. We cannot make it a crime to have certain thoughts, only actions/behaviours should be punishable. For actions/behaviours my take is this: as long as it doesn’t harm anyone, it should be tolerated. Any behaviour that harms others, in turn, should not be tolerated.

Here’s the thing though, what do insults have to do with any of this? I will fight physical violence when I see it, be it racially, politically, or otherwise motivated, but why would I need insults for that?

The idea that you can get people to behave the way you want by insulting them doesn’t match my experiences. What usually happens is that it shuts down any kind of conversation, as the other side either disengages, starts insulting you as well, or resorts to physical violence. It also has a negative impact on how that person, and others, perceive you, and interact with you in the future.

I also disagree that insulting others is needed to not be a “doormat”. It is important to be capable of defending yourself, yes. But I have never found it to be necessary, or even useful, to insult others in order to achieve that.

You can analyze and justify them all you want, but insults are just a cheap way to make yourself feel superior to someone else.

I apologize, I did not realize “tankie” was a pejorative. I thought I had seen people on here use that term to refer to themselves, but maybe that was lemmygrad.

Insults only reflect the ugliness of the insulter, not that of the insulted, so I think it is generally best to avoid using them.

That being said, I don’t think that “citizen” has any greater impact than “liberal”. Honestly most people you’d insult using these terms probably self identify as such anyway.

bath towels: weekly

bedding: every 2 or 3 weeks, depending on the season

Zionists support the existence of a jewish state in palestine.

From a quick look at the lyrics, I don’t think the song has anything to do with that.

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The Forever War

Olives

I like to look at who owns a news source and which country it is operating in to get an idea how reliable it might be.

It is also worth looking at the rethoric: do the headlines seem clickbaity? Do the articles cover more than one side to a story?

I also look at the kinds of stories a news source covers, and whether it seems like they push some sort of agenda from the things they choose to report on.

But yeah, I have come to find a bunch of sources I trust, and that I go to for news.