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by RhysU 1945 days ago
Suppressing intolerant individuals makes one intolerant. The concept is symmetric whenever cancelation occurs.
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That is very kantian. If someone came to your door and asked you to point to where your children were so he could murder them, would you tell the truth just because lying is wrong?

Similarly, would you tolerate hate speech that could put your life in jeopardy just because you believe in free speech?

The point I believe is not taking the ideal to its maximum blindly, but clearly defining boundaries you can't cross, even if it meant behaving intolerantly.