Is tolerance intolerant?

[Rev. Rye]

Rev. Rye, I completely agree and added that to my list of reading. Seems spot on topic. I would add though that "But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force;" should be tempered by Justice and Law and not more subjective emotional reactions, otherwise the pendulum continues.

Good point, although I would personally also add immediate self-defense as another factor in addition to Justice and Law. Then again, I'm pretty sure immediate self-defense is included in Justice and Law. Personally, the "Martial Pacifist" ideal seems to be the best way of putting it into practice.

After all, when Popper wrote his work about the Paradox of Tolerance, as much as he talked about it through the lens of Socrates and Plato, the fact that he was Jewish and writing this in the early 1940s points to his being concerned with the #1 biggest example of why it can be necessary to protect tolerance in a less-than-tolerant way.