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 threadMoose Jolly HolcombNov 10, 2024
@mekkaokereke yeah I've always thought paradox was a bit of a stretch as a label, even though I think it's generally a useful framing. It's only a paradox if you take a rigid almost clinical definition of the word tolerance. Basically you presuppose the word means absolutely tolerance. But that's not really how language works, words like tolerance are always a bit fuzzy, for exactly this reason.
Show threadKevin Bonham 🚽🦠👨🏼‍🔬

@ReverendMoose @mekkaokereke I like the idea that tolerance is an agreement, not a principal. It is not paradoxical to be intolerant of intolerance, any more than you need to believe someone that's dishonest.

I commend people that do - I think it's noble to try to work across difference - but I don't think it's required of us.

Nov 10, 2024 at 4:40pmWeb