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user-inactivated  ·  3892 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Brendan Eich steps down as Mozilla CEO

    Intolerance of intolerance isn't intolerance.

I disagree. Intolerance of intolerance is in fact intolerance (by definition, actually). However, the intolerance is justified.

Let me use an example. Westboro Baptist Church pickets the funeral of a deceased soldier. This is intolerance. Do we let them march around and allow them to do whatever they want? No. We have the Patriot Guard Riders, a group of bikers who do not tolerate WBC. The bikers block WBC from entering the funeral grounds. This is intolerance of intolerance. However, the intolerance of the Patriot Guard Riders is justified.

Intolerance isn't always a bad thing; I hope people stop acting like it is.