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Originally Posted by Zeno
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The paradox of tolerance is important in the discussion of what, if any, boundaries are to be set on freedom of speech. Popper asserted that to allow freedom of speech to those who would use it to eliminate the very principle upon which they rely is paradoxical. Rosenfeld states "it seems contradictory to extend freedom of speech to extremists who... if successful, ruthlessly suppress the speech of those with whom they disagree," and points out that the Western European Democracies and the United States have opposite approaches to the question of tolerance of hate speech.
Popper should have been strangled to death in his own crib. His crimes of deluding people simply multiply over time.
Also from above link:
Thomas Jefferson addressed the notion of a tolerant society in his first inaugural speech, concerning those who might destabilize the country and its unity, saying, "...let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it."
Jefferson is correct. Popper is a quisling philosopher.
Your quote isn't from Popper, it's from Rosenfeld.
Popper states " 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"
Which, incidentally, is almost identical in conclusion to your Jefferson quote.