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by nine_k 2789 days ago
N. Taleb, "The most intolerant wins": https://medium.com/incerto/the-most-intolerant-wins-the-dict...

Looks oddly relevant.

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If you're looking for the most intolerant, then look to the side that makes the accusations, does the screeching, does the un-personing and de-platforming, and either calls for violence against its enemies, enacts it, or tacitly accepts it.

If you want to find the tolerant, find those who advocate for free speech and those who want to engage and make their arguments. That's the side which has learned the value of tolerance, because they're on their back foot.

Exactly.