# Paradox of Tolerance

- [[wp]] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
  - The paradox of tolerance states that if a [[society]] is [[tolerant]] without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant. [[Karl Popper]] described it as the seemingly paradoxical idea that in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance.
  - [diagram](https://www.google.com/search?q=paradox+of+tolerance+popper&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjl8MyngKbtAhWFt6QKHTwiCygQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=paradox+of+tolerance+popper&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzICCABQiAlYsw9gxhBoAHAAeAGAAfYBiAGmBpIBBTUuMS4xmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=2ajCX6WgKIXvkgW8xKzAAg&bih=977&biw=1916&client=firefox-b-e#imgrc=9DCK325J4IrxLM)
  - Interesting that https://medium.com/@giggsboson/stop-misusing-poppers-paradox-of-tolerence-in-free-speech-debates-6f6ab4b8f0d3 says that [[Karl Popper]] argued for something a bit different: Popper cared most about people giving rational debate a chance.
   - https://twitter.com/jdrake3t/status/1378327655859249153