Wiki - The paradox of tolerance states that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually ceased or destroyed by the intolerant. Karl Popper described it as the seemingly self-contradictory idea that in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must retain the right to be intolerant of intolerance.

  • InternetTubes@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Same with multiculturalism, it can’t exist by accepting cultures that won’t accept other cultures, for pretty much the exact same reasons. Yet every time I’ve mentioned it someone sees it as a “dog whistle” for something, usually islamophobia, which is just such a non-sequitur - there are branches of Islam that have no problem being part of a multicultural society, just like there are branches of Christianity that are intolerant and shouldn’t be part of a multicultural society.

    • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
      139·
      1 year ago

      That makes no sense. It’s easy to have multiple cultures with cultures that don’t assimilate. In fact, not assimilating is required to end up with multiculturalism, otherwise everyone ends up assimilated in to a monoculture.

      Though perhaps it’s just stemming from the use of “accept” instead of “tolerate”. Those are two very, VERY different words.