The paradox of tolerance is grossly misused these days to censor any opposing viewpoint, as is being done here. The entire point of free speech is the allowance of viewpoints you vehemently disagree with, and to let reason and discourse sway opinion one way or the other. Today, people only seem to invoke this to de-platform, censor, and cancel others that they don't agree with, especially in regards to the pride movement. Each individual user could be muting other users if they really can't agree or don't want to see their content, but the wholesale cutting off of communication with entire other viewpoints is very troubling. Creating "safe spaces" is not the goal of free speech. See https://fee.org/articles/why-the-paradox-of-tolerance-is-no-excuse-for-attacking-free-speech/ as a further explanation.
The paradox of tolerance is grossly misused these days to censor any opposing viewpoint, as is being done here. The entire point of free speech is the allowance of viewpoints you vehemently disagree with, and to let reason and discourse sway opinion one way or the other. Today, people only seem to invoke this to de-platform, censor, and cancel others that they don't agree with, especially in regards to the pride movement. Each individual user could be muting other users if they really can't agree or don't want to see their content, but the wholesale cutting off of communication with entire other viewpoints is very troubling. Creating "safe spaces" is not the goal of free speech. See https://fee.org/articles/why-the-paradox-of-tolerance-is-no-excuse-for-attacking-free-speech/ as a further explanation.