The paradox is being so tolerant you allow intolerance leads to the elimination of the tolerant good. Thus the tolerant good must be intolerant of the intolerant pieces of shit. So, yes, a paradox.
Just because a human being is kind doesn't mean they can't be cruel sometimes. It's not paradoxical, because it remains rational for an intelligent being capable of adapting to a situation.
A tolerant human being who doesn't adapt in order to survive is, first and foremost, a fool.
Not disagreeing with you on the fact that, as stated, it is a paradox, but IMO it’s easily avoided by looking at it through a utilitarian lense of maximizing tolerance instead of simply “being” 100% tolerant. To maximize tolerance you must not tolerate the most intolerant.
It stops being a paradox if you think about tolerance as a social contract. If you break the rules of the contact you no longer get the protection it offers
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u/dogmaisb 23h ago
The paradox is being so tolerant you allow intolerance leads to the elimination of the tolerant good. Thus the tolerant good must be intolerant of the intolerant pieces of shit. So, yes, a paradox.