
Wendy Brown on Tolerance
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The Rise of Tolerance in the United States
After 9-11, the West became identified with being a tolerant civilization. The opposition was conceived to be an intolerant and either authoritarian or otherwise barbaric enemy. We're for tolerance until we come up against the so-called intolerant at which point we're allowed to topple it., he says.
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