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0 pointsstametseater2y ago0 comments

Of course the clear meaning of this paradox is that everybody who disagrees with me is intolerant of me, therefore it is my moral imperative to be intolerant to everybody I oppose. /s

Or here's a better idea: The Golden Rule. Eye for an eye is how you run a war, not a civil society.

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satvikpendem2y ago

That doesn't always work so well. If some Viking expedition is coming to pillage your "civil society," for example, there's really not much you can do except to fight. Of course, you can decide who to support or oppose as your moral imperative, but don't be surprised if it has negative consequences to you.

stametseaterOP2y ago

If a war comes to you, then you've got to fight a war and an eye for an eye is the way to do that. But that's no principle on which to organize a civil society.

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0 pointsstametseater2y ago0 comments

Of course the clear meaning of this paradox is that everybody who disagrees with me is intolerant of me, therefore it is my moral imperative to be intolerant to everybody I oppose. /s

Or here's a better idea: The Golden Rule. Eye for an eye is how you run a war, not a civil society.

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satvikpendem2y ago

stametseaterOP2y ago

If a war comes to you, then you've got to fight a war and an eye for an eye is the way to do that. But that's no principle on which to organize a civil society.

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