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David Porter
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Visiting Professor (Faith and Peaceful Relations) Centre for Peace and Security, Coventry University.

Peacebuilding | Conflict | Faith | Leadership
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The old Presbyterian upbringing wants to say “that’s what you get for washing your car on the Lord’s Day!” 🤣🤣
April 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Touching on Karl Popper’s ‘Paradox of Tolerance’
The Paradox of Tolerance Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. - In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be un-wise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intol-erant. Credit: Karl Popper
November 21, 2024 at 7:42 AM
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August 30, 2024 at 3:29 PM