Old, but seems relevant

    • If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.

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      [A]s long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be most unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force

      Karl Popper, 1945, The Open Society and Its Enemies

    • @ThePerfectLink@lemmy.world
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      21 year ago

      I hate pacifists, man. They always try to publicly shame you by making it seem like violence is never justified… stupid deontological thinking