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minus-squareDemelinkfedilink4•2 months agoIt stops being a paradox if you treat tolerance as a contract between parties in a society, instead of a principle. They break that contract and thus are no longer covered by it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•2 months agoWhat if the other party in question is of the opinion they didn’t break it, yet the other claims it has been. Who gets to decide it?
minus-squareDemelinkfedilink5•2 months agoThat’s a different question. However society enforces norms. Personally I would prefer some consensus seeking mechanism.
It stops being a paradox if you treat tolerance as a contract between parties in a society, instead of a principle. They break that contract and thus are no longer covered by it.
What if the other party in question is of the opinion they didn’t break it, yet the other claims it has been. Who gets to decide it?
Welcome to social contract theory.
That’s a different question. However society enforces norms. Personally I would prefer some consensus seeking mechanism.