in before nazis twist this around and say we’re being intolerant

I read an interesting article once that said that in a tolerant society, the only way to keep it working was to become intolerant to intolerance if that makes sense.

It’s called the irony of tolerance or something like that. And it was written in the 1940’s. Give you one guess as to what inspired that article.

Full quote on the paradox of tolerance: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/25998-the-so-called-paradox-of-freedom-is-the-argument-that-freedom

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always say “fuck right off” to fascism

Tolerance is a peace treaty, not a personal virtue.