mekka okereke Nov 9, 2024

Part of my joy comes from blocking angry dudes that feel entitled to engagement. Highly recommend it! 👍🏿

I don't have to talk with everybody. There are so many people that are genuinely curious and open minded, that I just don't have to deal with these dudes.

There's an effectively infinite supply of "dudes on the internet." There is absolutely no shortage. The marginal cost of blocking one, is close to zero.

"Well, what about the marketplace of ideas huh? Not very inclusive of you!"

OK! 🤣

Show threadmekka okereke Nov 9, 2024

Paradox of tolerance and all that.

I don't see it as a paradox at all. You cannot include all ideas, because one of the loudest ideas, is "We should silence the ideas of Black people!" 🙂🙃

You cannot include this idea without excluding other ideas. So absolute inclusion shouldn't even be anyone's goal. It's certainly not mine.

And dealing with annoying people online can be exhausting. Even if they're not malicious! Me doing "racism 101" individually for millions of people, just doesn't work.

Show threadrakooNov 9, 2024
@mekkaokereke

I once saw someone express it best: the idea of it being a paradox is bollocks based on ideas from people who have no idea how humans work. Tolerance is not a moral virtue, it's a contract. A can promise to be tolerant towards B. If B doesn't promise to be tolerant towards A, for example by being fascist, they won't sign a contract with A; if they won't sign a contrat, A also won't, so A doesn't need to be tolerant towards B.

You don't want to be tolerant to me, I won't be tolerant to you

You said you were tolerant to me, you enter the contract. If you break the contract, I'm allowed to be intolerant to you.

There's no paradox, only mutual accord.
Show threadChairman Meow ᓚᘏᗢ 🐿️🍉

@rakoo there are different versions of that (including hairy game theoretical ones) but you're probably thinking of Yonatan Zunger's essay.

And even if you're not I recommend it.

@mekkaokereke

https://medium.com/extra-extra/tolerance-is-not-a-moral-precept-1af7007d6376

Tolerance is not a moral precept

The title of this essay should disturb you. We have been brought up to believe that tolerating other people is one of the things you do if…

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Show threadTrinitronX  Nov 10, 2024

@darcher @rakoo @mekkaokereke The hypothetical analogy of “the monster”, a god who torments non-believers with divine wrath gets turned on its head when it’s revealed that there never was a monster to torment anyone. In that scenario, the real “monster” is the divisive ideology itself!

Groups of people deluding themselves into killing one another due to their beliefs in something which never existed in the first place. Fear begetting needless death.