Intolerance of espoused^^ intolerance? Fuck yeah. 'Pissing on the floor or furniture' (though not on any other guest in particular – well, in any 'civilized' saloon, toss 'em out the goddamn door!) :fire:What is it that makes one form of intolerance less bad than any other? — Yohan
"You get nothing! You lose! Good day sir!" — Baden
Thread still open? — Metaphysician Undercover
Not for those that have been on the forum for one or two days.Do you all realize that bans in cyberspace are equivalent to capital punishment in the real world? — TheMadFool
My point was not to ban anyone at least not on the strength of one outburst or statement. Delete offensive posts was my suggestion; reject the idea, not the person. So, your objection is misdirected. — Janus
Ah ok. So we should just delete any posts that seem pessimistic. Wouldn’t want it affecting people, their partners, or society after all. Gotcha.
My objection is to the idea that mods should be responsible for the societal and personal impact of the site. That’s ridiculous. — khaled
Also, its kind of hypocritical in my eyes, that intolerance is ok as long as its only toward people with certain ideologies. Eg, its ok to express intolerance or be inflammatory toward republicans or religious people, or anti-vaccers etc here, up to a point. What is it that makes one form of intolerance less bad than any other? — Yohan
I also haven't said they are or should be responsible for " the societal and personal impact of the site", I was just pointing to possible negative effects of such a rejection and advocating a bit of compassion. — Janus
All I was suggesting is deletion of offending posts (with of course a warning) rather than immediate banning in all cases — Janus
my only purpose was to encourage the moderators to take a more compassionate line in cases like this; — Janus
they are being compassionate to the female philosophers on the site. — unenlightened
Want to start a thread on this topic? I think I was talking more about the spirit of intolerance. Hatred based on difference of race, sex, ideology. Hatred is an infection, and I think all forms of hatred are rooted in ideologies. But yeah, I'd prefer to get more philosophical in a philosophy thread.It is hypocritical only for those who profess tolerance for all. No one here lives up to that, as far as I can see, though some claim it. Which is far worse than being honest in my opinion. Would you be tolerant of someone trying to rob you? Or are you just another person who claims tolerance for all, until someone inconveniences you enough (like everyone else)?
What makes some kinds of intolerance less bad than others? Many things. For instance, how harmful is the object of intolerance. I doubt you think intolerance of animal cruelty is as bad as intolerance of the existence of Jews. One is harmful one isn’t. And that leads to another difference: Accuracy of facts the intolerance is based on. Anti semites will claim that the existence of Jews is more harmful than animal cruelty, and will base their opinions on that. And they would be wrong, and their intolerance misplaced and unacceptable. — khaled
It's amusing how up in arms the self-righteous become — Janus
Baden might be leaving it open to catch some more misogynists. — jamalrob
You don't get to be a Diogenes just because you masturbated in the marketplace.
— Baden
No, but you can be Pilate...as long as you wash the blood off your hands. — Leghorn
You're thinking of his great friend in Rome, Biggus Diccus. — Ciceronianus
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