#tolerance — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #tolerance, aggregated by home.social.
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@infoseclogger @da_667 good fences mean good neighbors, the only middle ground i find with the neighbors is when they need work done, 2 minutes of bonding when i get paid and that's it #mostly semiaccurate with some exceptions
fd: what else are you going to do with gop fans - they only understand (later) #tolerance
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Don’t forget
Only with love can we defeat hate
A wall of love,
compassion,
tolerance,
and decency
can deflect hate and make it seem meaninglessNo,
we will not love
hate,
intolerance,
or malice,
but only by uniting in love can we defeat what must be defeatedWith love,
Irini ♥️Thank you all
#mastodon #fediverse #YouWinAgainSi #love #tolerance #humanity #world
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🇬🇧Looking Away. Why Silence Is Not Neutral
Introduction: What Happens When We Say Nothing?
Three MonkeysIn a world rife with conflict, injustice, and human rights violations, a pressing question arises: Are we allowed to remain silent when wrongdoing occurs? The answer is more complicated than it first appears. Because silence is never neutral — it is always a choice with consequences.
This essay explores why deliberate looking away, indifference, and passive behaviour are not harmless attitudes. Often, they amount to tacit complicity in injustice. We connect philosophical ideas with historical examples and personal reflections. The goal is to show: silence can be a form of complicity.
1. What Do We Mean by “Silence”?
Before addressing the moral dimension, we need to clarify the different forms of silence.
The first form is willful ignorance. This means deliberately looking away to avoid accountability. An example would be an organisation that knows about human rights violations but remains silent for political reasons.
The second form is indifference. Here, any moral or emotional reaction to suffering is absent. For instance, when a citizen learns about corruption in their community but draws no consequences whatsoever.
The third form is pacifism — and here one must draw a distinction. There is active and passive pacifism. Active pacifism means peaceful resistance through protest, boycotts, or civil disobedience — as exemplified by Mahatma Gandhi or Martin Luther King. Passive pacifism, on the other hand, merely means avoiding violence without advocating for justice — and thereby permitting injustice.
Tacit approval arises when silence is understood as indirect endorsement of wrongdoing. And collaboration in this context means: one sustains an unjust system simply by tolerating it.
2. Why Is Silence Morally Problematic?
To grasp the moral dimension, it helps to consider three ethical perspectives.
2.1 Consequentialism: What Does My Silence Cause?
Consequentialism poses a highly practical question: What impact does my action — or indeed my inaction — have? If silence allows violence to continue or persist longer, it becomes co-responsibility.
One example is churches that remain silent during wartime atrocities. The Russian Orthodox Church should have condemned Putin’s war. Its silence indirectly lent support to the actions and undermined its own moral authority. The same applies to companies that are aware of human rights violations in their supply chains yet remain silent. Those who know about exploitation and say nothing become part of the system.
The question that arises here is: Have you ever remained silent, knowing that your inaction was causing suffering?
2.2 Deontology: Must We Act Even When It Is Risky?
The philosopher Hannah Arendt coined the term the “banality of evil.” Her pointed assertion: Not only fanatical perpetrators bear guilt, but also the many who stand by idly. The Nuremberg Trials made clear that even following orders is no excuse when one knows they are participating in wrongdoing.
A historical example is civil servants under National Socialism. Many argued they had “only done their duty.” But the court ruled otherwise: Whoever knows that their actions constitute injustice has a duty to resist — even at personal risk.
The question here: Would you remain silent in a dictatorship to protect your life — or would you attempt to resist?
2.3 Virtue Ethics: What Does Silence Reveal About Our Character?
Virtue ethics directs attention to the person themselves. Willful ignorance reveals cowardice and irresponsibility. Passive pacifism becomes hypocrisy when it is not accompanied by active commitment to justice.
An example is Christian churches in the United States that should have spoken out against the instrumentalisation of faith by the MAGA movement. Their silence was not an act of faith but a moral failure.
Here too, a question for reflection: Could you imagine choosing to remain silent on principle — even if you knew your silence enabled injustice?
3. Why Tyranny Needs Fellow Travelers
Tyranny does not function through perpetrators alone. Above all, it relies on the many fellow travelers who look away or conform. The bureaucrats in the Nazi regime “only did their duty” and thereby stabilized the system. The same principle holds today: Those who remain silent in the face of war crimes or corruption become part of the problem.
Edmund Burke, “an Anglo-Irish writer, philosopher, and politician,” put it succinctly: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
4. Pacifism vs. Passivity: When Does Silence Become Complicity?
A common misunderstanding is equating pacifism with passivity. Active pacifism, as practiced by Gandhi or Martin Luther King, means peaceful resistance — protest, boycotts, civil disobedience. Passive pacifism, on the other hand, means silence born of convenience. That is not a virtue but complicity.
The question everyone should ask themselves: Have you ever remained silent because you feared the consequences? Or did you consciously adopt a stance — even an uncomfortable one?
5. What Can We Do Concretely?
Not everyone has to risk their life. But everyone can do something.
You can inform yourself and spread facts rather than passing along rumors. You can speak and break the silence — even when it is uncomfortable. You can act and support initiatives that advocate for justice. And you can reflect by asking: Would I want someone in my situation to remain silent if I were the one affected?
Small resistance is better than no resistance at all.
Conclusion: Responsibility Instead of Indifference
Silence is never neutral. It is a decision that either enables injustice, prolongs violence — or advances justice, if we actively engage.
Our task is to look rather than look away, to name injustice for what it is, and to act instead of remaining silent. Because justice does not arise on its own. It arises because people demand it.
Have you ever faced the choice between silence and action? Share your experiences in the comments.
Further Reading
If this topic interests you further, here are some in-depth perspectives:
“The Three Wise Monkeys — A Comprehensive Journey Through Symbolism, Cultural History, and Modern Relevance” offers a fascinating look at the cultural history of silence. Hannah Arendt’s “Eichmann in Jerusalem” elucidates the “banality of evil.” Edmund Burke’s “Reflections on the Revolution in France” contains the famous quote on responsibility. The Nuremberg Trials delivered the verdicts on the “following orders” defence. And Mahatma Gandhi as well as Martin Luther King stand for active pacifism as a form of resistance.
This article is part of a series on “Moral Responsibility in Uncertain Times.” Also read: “Civic Courage: How Do We Act When Silence Is Not an Option?“
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@evgandr those questions are not for me to answer.
I encourage readers to think of constructive ways to guide enthusiastic people.
Publicly insulting their efforts is not the way forward.
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Once again, a heartfelt thank you, Fedi,
and to all the wonderful people here
🙏 ❤️
________Sometimes it’s really hard
to please everyone,
or to try to please everyone.But above all, reaching some people
with what you write
and giving them something beautiful through it.Encouragement, understanding, love,
and light—that can warm and illuminate everything1/5
#mastodon #fediverse #writing #YouWinAgainSi #GiveThemAVoice #love #help #tolerance #wisdom
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@evgandr thankfully, you are not postmasters.
If you can not find anything in the rules of the road to support exclusionary tactics: perhaps you can, instead, think of constructive ways to guide people who have a long history of great enthusiasm for the operating system.
<https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/eresources/#eresources-charters>
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After a long paper drought, this article is worth reading and could be a good candidate for a Twitter/X thread explaining the key findings.
#science
#immunology
#tolerance
#Foxp3
#microbiota
#antigenhttps://www.cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S1074-7613(26)00277-3
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We are all exiles, fellow travelers. Maybe we had different starts and have different endings, but in the end, we are exiles.
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meanwhile, back at the ranch...
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You can try desperately
to be tolerant and
open-minded,
but this can only really work if you try to consider all sides of a story.Listen to others’ concerns and don’t judge them
We should be careful about judging, about jumping to conclusions about a person
Because we shouldn’t drift into inhumanity out of a desire for humanity
Irini ❤️
Have a wonderful day, everyone#mastodon #fediverse #YouWinAgainSi #racism #tolerance #world #love #justice #humanity #humanrights
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🇩🇪Putin, Thiel und Vance – Katechonische Allianzen im Zeitalter des Umbruchs
Putin, Thiel und Vance – Katechonische Allianzen im Zeitalter des Umbruchs Warum dieses Essay? Am vergangenen Wochenende habe ich den außergewöhnlichen Podcast „Die Peter Thiel Story“ zu Ende gehört. Was zunächst als faszinierendes Porträt eines einflussreichen Tech-Milliardärs begann, hinterließ bei mir am Ende vor allem eines: Nachdenklichkeit. Ehrlich gesagt, empfand ich Mitleid mit dem Protagonisten. „Peter“, so schien mir, ist letztlich eine zutiefst verletzte und […]https://patkav.vivaldi.net/putin-thiel-und-vance-katechonische-allianzen-im-zeitalter-des-umbruchs/
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It seems that this part of the Fediverse, with Mastodon, is increasingly evolving into its own echo chambers—in the form of individual instances where only one political viewpoint or opinion is accepted, and anything that deviates from it is simply considered evil and must be fiercely opposed.
It’s concerning to see that many people are now just talking at each other instead of with each other, because opposing political views aren’t tolerated.
I’m seriously considering whether I want to remain a part of this with my own instance, or whether the time has come to close this chapter and simply disappear into the crowd from now on. 🤔
(Directly translated with deepl.com)
#Society #Thoughts #Mastodon #Fediverse #Politics #Polarization #Tolerance -
About the »Paradox of tolerance«:
»... if a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the eventual dominance of intolerance, thereby undermining the very principle of tolerance.
... if intolerant ideologies are allowed unchecked expression, they could exploit open society values to erode or destroy tolerance itself through authoritarian or oppressive practices.«
Karl Popper, The Open Society and its Enemies, 1945
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He is not well-bred, that cannot bear Ill-Breeding in others.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard Improved (1748 ed.)More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/32…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklin #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalamanac #breeding #character #civility #politeness #puttingupwith #status #tolerance
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(Posting in my personal capacity.) Spotted in northern #Virginia.
#civility #unity #tolerance #love -
Participants in the "Parliament of World Religions", an interfaith dialogue during the World's Fair, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1893
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Mutual love is only possible
if the other person
also feels love#mastodon #fediverse #YouWinAgainSi #writing #love #thoughts #world #acceptance #tolerance
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#Sangamo had one of the most advanced CAR-Treg programs in the field, the HLA-A2–directed TX200 (STEADFAST) kidney transplant tolerance program.
Is it going to be discontinued?
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Hi,
she says that they're a #network of #tolerance & #AliceWeidel & other #rightwingers are more than welcome & they don't want to be a #leftist #bubbleAnd that #bluesky is boring bc of blocklists
She claims they have no #bots on #wsocial - which is not true
And they are onto your #ID by #realnameregistration - which is pictured as a protective measure for the user
And… they spin the story that #Twitter was great before #Musk bought is 🙄 & that we need a #european #Alternative
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My long look begins in #Texas, where I'm living with my wife.
I'm a little #old #blind #transgender man who does not want to sanction #violence in #writing because my #government, both #state and #federal, already consider me unfit for purpose and surplus to need.
I work within my #risk #tolerance. We all should work within our risk tolerances.
If you think that you are somehow informing me of anything that I was previously unaware of, ask yourself *why* you believe this to be true.
My particular point is specifically regarding violence toward the #EpsteinClass. Violence toward the #owners and their minion #bosses.
My degree isn't in #mathematics, but I understand percentages.
My degree isn't in #history, but I understand how a #revolution might start.
My degree isn't in #economics or #medicine but I understand that the only thing that grows forever is #cancer.
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Analysis of individual preferences among over 600,000 people from 115 countries finds a small positive association (2.3% more likely) between prioritization of free speech and racial tolerance.
Original paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/kykl.70059
