# Paradox of Tolerance | | The paradox of tolerance states that if a society's practice of tolerance is inclusive of the intolerant, intolerance will ultimately dominate, eliminating the tolerant and the practice of tolerance with them. Karl Popper described it as the seemingly self-contradictory idea that, in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must retain the right to be intolerant of intolerance. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Paradox of tolerance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance) | [[Intolerance of intolerance is not intolerance]]