> To be intolerant against intolerance is at the heart of any stable, decent, livable society.
I agree; in the name of preserving social order, SJWs should all be thrown in jails.
Just kidding... but that's what the article is talking about. You can make strict laws (or social norms) against "intolerance", and someone else will be happy you handed them a powerful weapon they can use against you.
Do your political opponents seem intolerant to you? Let me tell you a secret: the feeling is probably mutual. You prefer to focus on those parts where they are less tolerant than you, and ignore the ones where it is the other way round. They do the same.
If almost 80 years of havinthese laws in basically every European democracy doesn't proof that these laws aren't miss used, I don't know what can.
And no, denying people service, jobs and social security based on color, religion sex or whatnot is not the same as fighting for people to have these rights. Because the former takes away rights, while the latter grants rights without anybody else loosing anything.
Of course, if all your side ever does is "fighting for people to have these rights, without anybody else loosing anything", then you are the good guys.
Do you honestly believe this is a truthful description of reality?
Do you believe your opponents would also agree with this description (that is, if they only could abstain from lying for a moment, e.g. if you would give them a truth serum)?
The funny thing is that free speech doesn't exist. Nowhere do you get free speech. There are always limits. Even in the USA.
Let me tell you also a secret. It is not about political opponents disagreeing over their views. That is not the intolerance I refer to. You make it a sad word game.
It's the intolerance of discrimination, of hatred of (groups) of people. We in The Netherlands have laws against discriminatory speech and hate speech.
Last time I checked, SJW mostly are against stuff like discrimination. They are no threat. This is not a 'both sides' situation.
I agree; in the name of preserving social order, SJWs should all be thrown in jails.
Just kidding... but that's what the article is talking about. You can make strict laws (or social norms) against "intolerance", and someone else will be happy you handed them a powerful weapon they can use against you.
Do your political opponents seem intolerant to you? Let me tell you a secret: the feeling is probably mutual. You prefer to focus on those parts where they are less tolerant than you, and ignore the ones where it is the other way round. They do the same.