Simon Dearn

[Simon Dearn @dearn_simon]

I've just asked my MP to take action on pavement parking – a daily hazard for people with sight loss. Will you contact your MP using Guide Dogs' email template? https://t.co/LtrALcf14X

[Humanists UK @Humanists_UK]

Complaints about collective worship in schools remain the largest single category of complaint we receive. It's a real shame to see the UK Government defending the legal requirement for all schools to hold daily acts worship.

https://t.co/bIvvptaddP

[Simon Dearn @dearn_simon]

I just watched @Humanists_UKs brand new animation narrated by Alice Roberts: Human nature, human potential. It’s a fantastic introduction to the humanist approach to life. Watch it today! https://t.co/PwMrqPcHng

[Simon Dearn @dearn_simon]

The US Congress needs to ban Trump’s crypto and take immediate action to protect US democracy, https://t.co/Gn2iH8Q9yc

[Simon Dearn @dearn_simon]

URGENT: The Government could let a third runway be built at Heathrow Airport. It would spell bad news for the environment - and could see flight prices go up £40 per ticket. Will you join me and say NO to Heathrow expansion? https://t.co/XoIyK25BJv via @38degrees

[Simon Dearn @dearn_simon]

Our NHS is not for sale. Trade talks with Trump must not open the door to US healthcare companies profiting from it. Keir Starmer must protect the NHS by keeping it off the table during negotiations. Please add your name to the 38 Degrees petition: https://t.co/GxxuQv5BN7

[Humanists UK @Humanists_UK]

Although the Daily Mail has tried to put a negative spin on this, it's great to hear that many MPs are keen to replace the archaic system of using Christian prayers to reserve limited seating in the House of Commons. We wrote to MPs about this shortly before Christmas 🧵

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Reform UK leader @Nigel_Farage says

“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”

RT if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR

[Simon Dearn @dearn_simon]

@PostOffice is not good where IT is concerned, but at least website errors in Christmas posting dates won't send innocent people to prison. They make contacting them difficult, but will respond within 15 days. Not even second class customer service then! https://t.co/GPTRDEtrBc

[Uni of Birmingham @unibirmingham]

Explore our @lapworthmuseum from the comfort of your sofa with this new Virtual Tour! Discover a range of rocks, fossils and geological gems through this interactive 3D experience. Take a trip to the Virtual Lapworth Museum now: https://t.co/01vS0GDBqc

[Simon Dearn @dearn_simon]

@PostOffice is not good where IT is concerned, but at least website errors in Christmas posting dates won't send innocent people to prison. They make contacting them difficult, but will respond within 15 days. Not even second class customer service then! https://t.co/GPTRDEtrBc

[Simon Dearn @dearn_simon]

I’ve just invited my MP to @gdcampaigns Christmas event in Parliament. I’ve left them a message about #PavementParking to collect at the event too. Will you write to your MP? https://t.co/2rfaooG3J2

[Jeff Noon @jeffnoon]

Steve and I will be talking about Gogmagog and its follow-up, Ludluda, at a Birmingham SF Group event on Friday Nov 1st. Ticket details here:
https://t.co/BijK89pgOu

[Simon Dearn @dearn_simon]

End the Insurance Rip-Off | Which? Campaigns https://t.co/A7LrHiR8cs

[Which? @WhichUK]

.@ThePSR has dramatically watered down vital new rules for firms to reimburse scam victims, slashing the proposed limit from £415,000 to £85,000.

It's a betrayal of scam victims and caves to months of lobbying from firms that refuse to take fraud seriously.

[Birmingham Humanists @brumhums]

There's still time to consider coming to our café social tomorrow! All are welcome, but please see the website for further details and to let us know you'll be there.
https://t.co/3A0JKG21DX

[Simon Dearn @dearn_simon]

I just signed this petition to stop a waterway project in the heart of the world’s largest tropical wetland. Join this fight to pressure the Brazilian government to protect this ecosystem before it's too late: https://t.co/9xJGVC9nAU

[Simon Dearn @dearn_simon]

I signed the petition calling on a ban for ALL single-use packaging for eat-in sales at restaurants, cafés and bars to help tackle the plastic pollution crisis. Will you sign too? https://t.co/0T9N5WCQw2 via @38degrees

[Humanists UK @Humanists_UK]

Karl Popper's paradox of tolerance is a concept that addresses a seeming contradiction within the idea of tolerance, the acceptance of different views and practices. Popper, who was our patron, discussed this paradox in his 1945 book, 'The Open Society and Its Enemies.' The paradox is based on the observation that if a society is tolerantly indiscriminate and extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, the ability of the society to be tolerant will eventually be undermined and destroyed by the intolerant.

Popper argues that in order to maintain a tolerant society, it must be intolerant of intolerance. This doesn't mean that we should always suppress the expression of intolerant beliefs. However, Popper suggests that society must reserve the right to prevent intolerant groups or individuals from destroying the tolerance of society as a whole. He essentially proposes a rational limit to tolerance, suggesting that we shouldn't tolerate intolerance to the extent that it leads to the destruction of tolerance itself.

The paradox lies in the counterintuitive idea that in order to maintain a tolerant society, there must be some form of intolerance (namely, against intolerance). It raises important ethical and practical questions about how societies can and should balance the values of freedom of expression and tolerance with the need to protect themselves against forces that would undermine those very values.

Graphic by @pictoline.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Harris: "They have the nerve to tell teachers to strap on a gun in the classroom while they refuse to pass common sense gun safety laws ... book bans in this year of our Lord 2024? ... we want to ban assault weapons and they want to ban books. Can you imagine?"