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Post #1226188

Author
Mrebo
Parent topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Date created
16-Jul-2018, 12:35 PM

It’s well and good to not tolerate intolerance. But that doesn’t mean it always can or should (let alone must) be abolished by law. Criticism and boycotts are two avenues for fighting intolerance.

Freedom means that people are going to be intolerant. We can do things like require all adoption agencies to not discriminate, but then deal with the repercussions of fewer agencies.

Force every bakery to make cakes and maybe there are fewer bakeries or maybe they donate a portion of their proceeds to a conservative organization that opposes gay marriage.

I see no logical end point in the quest to force people to not be intolerant, without abolishing the rights described in the US’s First Amendment.