The ease with which we descend into savagery argues for tolerance, to make that descent as difficult as possible.
Submitted 106 days ago by dauguy  Favorite
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| I agree. Tolerance makes it harder to end up "following orders" or becoming part of a mob. | |
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| I disagree. There is no relationship between intolerance and savagery such as looting, witch hunts, and hate crimes. | |
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I'm not convinced that one person's tolerance will stop them from joining a mob and committing savage acts. If everyone is striving to be tolerant though, chances are much reduced that the mob would have formed in the first place.
Yes...so that argues for tolerance, no? Or would it be better to wait until everyone else decided to be tolerant?
Yes it does. But it also argues for intolerance towards the intolerant, for they can make the few submit to the will of the many. Without general tolerance across a society, an individual's tolerance becomes moot.
A lovely oxymoron: The only thing I will not tolerate is intolerance.
I've used that exact sentence to describe myself on occasion.
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Exactly.
Saddam Hussein was a fan of tolerance. So was Stalin, Hitler and a few other maniacs. That is, just as long as it wasn't in their armies.