Aym42

Aym42 t1_j5migc9 wrote

>It should be rendered painful to continue along with such a mindset

I believe there is at least some grey in the area here, if one believes conversion therapy for instance is intolerance. But yeah, we're in agreement, I should have been more clear that we're in agreement that bigotry does not equal or equate to intolerance in the "Paradox of Tolerance."

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Aym42 t1_j5l9hwk wrote

Once again, conflating "intolerance" with things you don't agree with. The problem is advocating for the state to be intolerant of things you don't agree with, ie using force, ie violence, against them. At no point did this op say the people were violent, so the paradox of tolerance wouldn't apply. However, if OP advocates for the state to be violent towards people who express views he finds abhorrent, he would in fact be advocating for intolerance. Of course, OP opens with saying he IS intolerant, which ironically may invoke the paradox of tolerance, in that perhaps OP's potential actions should not be tolerated lol.

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Aym42 t1_iy9y1fy wrote

The list of people killed with baseball bats is longer than "assault weapons." If you're going to try to address these numbers with gun control, target the guns that actually create them. Handguns. And cheap handguns. The kind of gun control that targets the guns that poor, minority, people can and do buy. Gun control laws are often racist, but that's the price you'll have to pay to target the guns used in 99% of these.

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