GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦i thought this was a uniquely ameriKKKan problem ...
“Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be banned from thinking to avoid offending the imbeciles.”
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
Andrew Deacon@grrlscientist Wasn’t There a Harlan Ellison story along these lines?
@grrlscientist On further thought, I think it was something like “Harrison Bergeron “ but I might be wrong.
Chip Butty@grrlscientist nope, disinformation like this is a worldwide problem https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fyodor-dostoevsky-quote-on-tolerance/
Kynx@otfrom @grrlscientist that link objects to my ad blocker. But, well, whatever. The quote probably went global because it’s a pithy expression of Poppler’s Paradox of Tolerance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Open_Society_and_Its_Enemies
I love the word “imbecile”, despite its dodgy history: it’s just got such a superior sneer. I can’t think of any word for stupidity that isn’t also derogatory. But we do need words for it. Especially today.
