Simon LucyDouglas Murray is a poisonous individual.
So there was value in exposing that on Newsnight.
Mix Mistress Alice💄"For the hardline conservatives ruling Poland and Hungary, the transition from communism to liberal democracy was a mirage. They fervently believe a more decisive break with the past is needed to achieve national liberation"—The Guardian Long
From the archive: The revolt against liberalism: what’s driving Poland and Hungary’s nativist turn? by Nicholas Mulder, read by Tanya Cubric>
#podcast #Hungary #Poland #history #EU #economy #EconomyUnion #bigotry
#EuropeanUnion #EUmembership #StimulusPackages #budget #TreatyRights #liberalism #SocialDemocracy #LiberalDemocracy #democracy #LegalRecognition #CivicPlatforms vs #Orban #Kaczyński #EasternEurope #autocracy #RightWing #illiberalism #populism #intolerance #bigotry #nationalism #NationalistRight #ExtremeRight #AbortionBans #conservatism #racism #FarRight #purges #elitism #ClosedSocieties
From the archive: The revolt against liberalism: what’s driving Poland and Hungary’s nativist turn? – podcast
This week, from 2021: For the hardline conservatives ruling Poland and Hungary, the transition from communism to liberal democracy was a mirage. They fervently believe a more decisive break with the past is needed to achieve national liberationBy Nicholas Mulder. Read by Tanya Cubric
Ben Royce 🇺🇦@ManyRoads @pa @genecowan @petergleick
the paradox of #tolerance, popper's warning, is now biting us in the ass
because for far too long we just let it slide
because it was too annoying to do anything about, it's just easier to make a judgment, and then... nothing
and now the bill comes due
you *have* to be intolerant of #intolerance. real consequences
or it grows
and now *we* are drowning in the inevitable consequences of our inaction, timidity, hesitance
WIST QuotationsA quotation from Robert Ingersoll
Millions upon millions were sacrificed upon the altars of bigotry. The Catholic burned the Lutheran, the Lutheran burned the Catholic, the Episcopalian tortured the Presbyterian, the Presbyterian tortured the Episcopalian. Every denomination killed all it could of every other; and each Christian felt in duty bound to exterminate every other Christian who denied the smallest fraction of his creed.Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
Lecture (1874-05-03), “Heretics and Heresies,” Free Religious Society, Kingsbury Hall, Chicago
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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #Christianity #holywar #intolerance #persecution #religion #religiousintolerance #religiouspersecution
But public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law. When human beings are governed by “thou shalt not,” the individual can practice a certain amount of eccentricity: when they are supposedly governed by “love” or “reason,” he is under continuous pressure to make him behave and think in exactly the same way as everyone else.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1946-09), “Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver’s Travels,” Polemic, No. 5
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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #conformity #generalpublic #intolerance #orthodoxy #publicopinion #public #forgiveness
FunamboloTrump modifications to Meta's moderation rules, 1/8
I remember reading articles about Meta giving in on Trump's so-called free speech demands in January - even before Trump was inaugurated. That said, I never went looking to the source, that is Meta's definition of "hateful conduct". Now, after having done so, it is glaringly obvious that Trump's (and Musk's) intolerant anti-woke agenda is directly reflected in the new rules.
Dave RahardjaA small group of friends and I had a little discussion today as to whether someone who vocally supports Trump should be welcome in a community primarily focused on solidarity and unionization.
While it’s true that “If everyone agrees with me, my #union is too small”, I think there is a line to be drawn when someone openly promotes a political leader who promotes intolerance. Karl Popper’s Paradox of Intolerance and Yonatan Zunger’s framing of tolerance as a peace treaty both say that intolerance should be a disqualifying trait in a tolerant society. Does support for an intolerant leader make you also intolerant? It certainly creates a threatening atmosphere for people who belong to targeted groups.
Some argue that the community should be a big tent that welcomes all as long as unionization succeeds, despite their support for intolerance. Me? I don’t want a Nazi bar, even if Nazis make great cocktails.
What do you think? Where and how would you draw the line?
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖#CallForPapers: #Discrimination, #Violence, and #Intolerance — #International #Interdisciplinary Conference
10-11 April 2025, #OnlineEvent #CFP #OnlineConference
i disagree
and in the #USA, after the #CivilRightAct, so did #US #law:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_accommodations_in_the_United_States
...until #MAGA chipped away at it
😡
there is #tolerance
or there is #intolerance
there is no other choice
period
and the choice is obvious
and there is never, ever the possibility to respect intolerance in any way shape or form whatsoever
and hammering at that until you're left with a sword, then hacking away with that sword, is the only moral approach
Stephen Elliott~Buckley