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fzeroracer 4 days ago

> The only way this works, is if we become more accepting of opinions we fundamentally truly disagree with. Anything short of that, and you're always going to run into people who draw the line in a way you find harmful.

We've tried this. This is what lead to Florida removing the vaccine mandate, something that is going to cause real harm because people have bought into a shared delusion. This tolerance of fundamental disagreements has metastasized into people committing real harm using the power of the state rather than any sort of centrist utopia.

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eudamoniac 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

1. Causing real harm via people buying into a shared delusion can describe more than one conspicuous left-wing position.

1. "We've tried this [and it doesn't work]" is not a position you really want to hold. If we, all, stop trying this, things are going to look very heterosexual and very White. The current progressive zeitgeist is a direct result of the majority accepting foreign opinions of minorities.

1. Removing a mandate is not "using the power of the state", it's explicitly not using the power of the state.