In a recent issue of First Things Mary Eberstadt wrote about "the new intolerance." This is a scary concept because it attacks us in a most private way: our thoughts.
In times past, kings and emperors punished subjects for thought crimes, but at least they were honest about it. The new intolerance, on the other hand, uses as its modus operandi the slogan "there is no tolerance for intolerance," and intolerance -- that vague, nebulous, and dangerous concept -- is defined by the mob.
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