Paradox of tolerance - eviltoast

Wiki - The paradox of tolerance states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually ceased or destroyed by the intolerant. Karl Popper described it as the seemingly self-contradictory idea that in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must retain the right to be intolerant of intolerance.

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      3 months ago

      Everyone’s a little bit racist sometimes…

      Doesn’t mean we go around committing hate criiiiimes!

      Ethnic jokes might be uncouth

      But you laugh because they’re based on truth

      Don’t take them as personal attacks

      Everyone enjoys them, so relax

      One day I should actually see the play that song is from…