Democratic liberal values sometimes fail to erode entrenched intolerance

Evidence

Historical as well as contemporary manifestations of these prejudices show that democratic and liberal values are sometimes not enough to erode (a history of) intolerance. — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 104

Categorization

  • XREF: Echoes the informatics scholar’s theme of how tolerant systems generate their own exclusions. — connects to: The anti-Semite’s conflict mirrors a clash between prejudiced and democratic norms — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1792; The tension between liberal rights and democratic sovereignty is ineradicable yet negotiable, not fatal — Chantal Mouffe, The Democratic Paradox, 426