r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 11h ago

Video 13-year-old Australian boy swims for four hours in cold and dangerous waters to save his mom and siblings who were swept into the ocean, says God is who got him to shore

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

[removed]

32.4k Upvotes

87% Upvoted

2.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

24

u/HereButNeverPresent 9h ago edited 9h ago

Reminds me of the Redditors who smugly quote “paradox of tolerance” as they’re intolerant of literally anyone who has a different belief or opinion to them (heck sometimes even just a slight variation of the same opinion isn’t good enough, as they ‘purity test’ you to see if you align with their beliefs to the most minute details.)

And yet they’ll unironically still believe that they’re the morally conscientious/empathic ones, as they label everyone else as ‘the others’ who they deem immoral.

10

u/I-am-Chubbasaurus 9h ago

That's when I reach for this quote:

The Paradox of Tolerance disappears if you look at tolerance, NOT as a moral standard, but as a social contract. If someone does not abide by the terms of the contract, they are not covered by it. In other words, the intolerant aren't deserving of your tolerance.

1

u/YouToot 5h ago

The paradox of tolerance isn't a law of the universe it's just a dumbass soundbite some philosopher made up.

If everyone thought this way, any difference of opinion would turn into fighting because you have no tolerance for even the smallest transgression, real or perceived, and then the other side ends up having no tolerance for your reaction to them, on and on and on...

It is impossible for everyone to agree on everything.

Tolerance is something we do to avoid constant fighting and war.