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by d_e_solomon 2176 days ago
I'm fighting against speech that dehumanizes Jews, LGBT, Blacks, and so on; and ensuring that people who engage in it face consequences for that speech. This gets back to Hannah Arendt's paradox of tolerance.
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First, it is Karl Popper's "paradox of tolerance".

The conclusion his argument leads to is: In a tolerant society, attacking people because of their beliefs is not permitted (requisite intolerance).

You don't fight against speech, you speak against its ideas.

Why do you focus so narrowly on "fighting" speech, rather than the ongoing actions that are dehumanizing humans of all types?
So in order to fight intolerance you're being intolerant. Got it. Fight fire with fire.
At what point am I allowed to fight back? If someone advocates exterminating me, do I have your permission to suggest that their speech should have consequences? Or do I have to wait until I'm dead?
Do you believe that most people getting "mob cancelled" right now are overtly advocating extermination? If so, can you provide a few examples so I can better understand your position?