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Man jailed for a year after endorsing neo-Nazi views and making antisemitic speech at Sydney rally on Australia Day (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/australia@aussie.zone
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[–] 7 points 8 months ago* (5 children)

It's not about being intolerant of views you "don't like" it's about being intolerant of intolerant views, that's why it's a paradox. Personal feelings aren't involved only whether the view seeks to persecute another.

The fact you're assuming anyone calling out intolerance is doing it from an emotional position implies some rather distressing things about your world view tbh.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    And who decides what views are “intolerant”?

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    It's not an arbitrary decision, Intolerance is the opposite of tolerance. I don't know how to make this any clearer.

    Intolerance is defined as:

    unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behaviour that differ from one's own.

    You'll note that this definition is entirely internal, it is a behaviour based solely on your own actions, not an outside forces opinion of your actions. A man alone on an island could act just as intolerant of an arbitrary opinion as someone immersed in society.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    So you agree that jailing someone for voicing their beliefs because you disagree with them is being intolerant?

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