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User thoughtportal:

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, then they are not covered by it.

In other words: the intolerant are not following the rules of the social contract of mutual tolerance.

Since they have broken the terms of the contract, they are no longer covered by the contract, and their intolerance should NOT be tolerated.

(Inspired by "Tolerance is not a moral precept" by Yonatan Zunger)

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User commasameleon:

Sorry as someone who teaches rhetoric this is a wonderful response to the Paradox of Tolerance. I cannot tell you how many times students have had debate about this. This is the response. This does indeed fix it. I cannot wait to tell this to my classes now.
Philosophically and rhetorically this completely resolved the Paradox of Tolerance and I am floored by its simplicity and angry I never saw it before.