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CMV: it is entirely acceptable to discriminate on grounds of ideology.

In another CMV i was discussing with someone about the difference between discriminating against a racist and a homosexual, their point was that both were examples of discriminating against behaviours that people don't like, my retort was that one was an ideology and the other was a state of being and weren't comparable.

However, this set a ball rolling in my head; if it's OK to discriminate against a racist and racism is an ideology should it be OK to discriminate against any ideology? This was troubling, I consider myself a liberal, I don't think discrimination is to be encouraged but logically I believe I should be able to discriminate against anyone I disagree with. If I was an employer and a job applicant came in who voted for a different party than me or had different social values, would it be OK for me to discriminate against them on those grounds. Real world examples would be discriminating against someone wearing a MAGA hat for example.

So, is discriminating against an ideology ok or do I need a better explanation for why it's OK to discriminate against a racist?
gpt
I feel like you are dancing around the idea of the paradox of tolerance. 

We want to tolerate everything, but if we tolerate intolerance, then society overall becomes intolerant, which is the opposite. 

The solution to this problem, is to tolerate everything, except intolerance. You don't have clearance to discriminate any ideology you don't happen to personally like or support, but only have clearance to discriminate against intolerant beliefs: sexist, racist, homophobic, etc. 

Don't discriminate based on ideology in general, only discriminate against intolerance.