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♲ John M. Gamble - 2025-09-15 15:36:22 GMT

@griff #ParadoxOfTolerance #Philosophy

And the corollary/response:
Two-part image of a GIF followed by a screenshot of a text response.<br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The GIF begins&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"The Paradox of Tolerance disappears if you look at tolerance _not_ as a moral standard, but as a social contract."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Next to that paragraph is a picture of Escher's Impossible Cube.)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The text continues, in red:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"If someone does not abide by the terms of the contract, then they are not covered by it."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Back in black text:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"The intolerant are not following the rules of the social contract of mutual tolerance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"Since they have broken the terms of the contract, they are no longer covered by the contract, and their intolerance should NOT be tolerated."&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;There is a credit line in much smaller text that reads "Inspired by 'Tolerance is not a moral precept' by Yonatan Zunger"&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;_____________&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Beneath that is text, possibly a Facebook response (I don't know, sorry) from commasameleon:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;"Sorry as someone who teaches rhetoric this is a wonderful response to the Paradox of Tolerance. I can not tell you how many times my students have had debates about this. This is the response. This does indeed fix it. I cannot wait to tell my classes now.&lt;br&gt;Philosophically and rhetorically this completely resolved the Paradox of Tolerance and I am floored by its simplicity and angry I never saw it before."

#philosophy #ParadoxOfTolerance @Griff Ferrell

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