RIP Brenneman's Career.

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(08-23-2020, 01:25 PM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: This isn't a matter of true or false. You'r'e trying to claim that being intolerant of intolerance makes the person not tolerant. It's called the paradox of tolerance because it creates a circular loop that is meant to point out the hypocrisy of tolerance. Don't you understand how flawed that viewpoint is?

"It's impossible to be tolerant because in order to be tolerant, you must be intolerant of intolerance, but then you aren't being tolerant therefore we shouldn't even try to be tolerant!"

That's your viewpoint, yes?

I'm not claiming anything like that.  I'm saying that once a certain group receives the level of tolerance they require,  it's quite ironic how intolerant they become.  It's the human condition, it's the corrupting component of power. 

He said a stupid thing.  He lost his job and probably his career.  But wait, that's not enough.  There must be revenge.  The entire Reds organization must be punished.  The whole network must be made to pay.  All of MLB must pay.  The whole past has to be avenged.  It's the current crazy notion that the past can be erased in the here and now.

In today's world, people have the naive notion that bias and prejudice and hatred can be eliminated, despite the thousands of years of evidence that such a thing will never happen.  And the only hope for that to ever happen, which is understanding and love, get buried under loud outcries for punishment.  This need for revenge creates push back and resentment and just deepens the issue and widens the divide.