Back in 1945, as the first wave of Nazis were being rounded up, Karl Popper noted that there was a paradox when it came to tolerance. The paradox is that if a society is tolerant without limit, their ability to be tolerant will eventually be seized or destroyed by the intolerant. In short, if you don't bash the Nazis and the Fascists, because you have elevated tolerance and non violence to the highest level of moral authority, you will eventually be put in chains by Nazis and Fascists. Popper's conclusion was that in order to maintain a tolerant society, society must actually be intolerant of intolerance. Or, as I said back in January in the sign I made for the inaugaration, it's time to make fascists fear again.
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