9 thoughts on “The paradox of tolerance.”

1. I see from this an as yet unsolved puzzle. Can the intolerant be gently and tolerantly reformed through civil discourse? I suspect not. Certainly, among those of an uncompromising and authoritarian inclination, civility and compromise is seen as weakness, but a firm opposition is seen as cause for violent retribution. They are at war. It is folly for those who would follow their own better angels to not recognize that they are unwillingly in that war and that the stakes are high.

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   • Their intolerance is fueled by fear, which is due to ignorance. If education for all was a higher priority in this country, I think we’d be more like Europe and have fewer of these uncompromising, authoritarian types of people.

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     • Yes, real education, stuff like critical thinking, accurate history, and science. It is important to remember that our founders were students of all that, and of the classics. I’m quite bothered about the idea of combining the departments of education and labor. Education needs to be about more than “workforce development”.

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       • I have a feeling the merger is even more sinister than that. I have a feeling that there is a plan to repeal child labor laws (that would explain their kidnapping these Central American migrant kids and farming them out to traffickers — cheap child labor).

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         • That’s a good point. Given the likely erosion of support for organized labor (witness the SCOTUS decision yesterday on public union agency fees), we can expect a Department of Labor with a “The boss is always right.” orientation. Combine that with hostility to free public education in favor of for-profit charter and private schools (not unionized), “school” could become “practical industrial education” for children whose families cannot afford tuition. The theme that ties it all together is Predatory Capitalism. That reminds me of a recent article: https://eand.co/why-the-civilized-world-breaking-up-with-america-was-inevitable-75441c31ced6

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           • That’s horrifying and terribly sad.

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           • Very

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     • Fear? Perhaps for some.

       I can feel the call of bloodlust, though – teeth that hunger for the crackle of bones crushing, and the salt-taste of innocent blood.

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2. Reblogged this on cabbagesandkings524 and commented:
   LuckyOtter presents a paradox.

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