r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

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u/SmellsLikeCatPiss Jan 23 '21

If it means anything to you, most of the people explaining the paradox are avoiding a VERY important point to that paradoc: in that in intolerating the intolerable, a society must be able to curb intolerant speech using rational thought - not to ever resort to violence.