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Compulsion Without a Core: A look at what’s behind Political Correctness

7 pointsby for_i_in_rangeover 2 years ago

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mcphageover 2 years ago
The author quotes Popper&#x27;s paradox of tolerance, but then seems to either draw the wrong conclusion—or else rejects Popper&#x27;s conclusion without argument or even without acknowledging that they are rejecting it:<p>&gt; Tolerance runs wild when taken as it’s own rule. Tolerance cannot fight intolerance by becoming intolerant, for then it is no longer a virtue, but the vice it set out to destroy.<p>Which just reads a bit weird coming right after quoting Popper.<p>I also have a disagreement with the author&#x27;s conclusion:<p>&gt; And in the process, will we step on toes? Naturally! But we’re trying to do good, not just avoid sin.<p>The author may honestly be trying to do good—nothing they wrote makes me think otherwise. But it&#x27;s also clear that many out there that we interact with are <i>not</i> trying to do good—and we need to fix a way to interact with others that acknowledges that fact. Just assuming everyone is trying to do good falls apart because not everyone is trying to do good.
dieselheadover 2 years ago
The tide is turning and it’s becoming more trendy to be anti-PC.
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