Speaking of the paradox of tolerance, here's a pretentious analysis of Dirty Harry I came across in the wild
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They call him Dirty Harry because the cops make him do all the unpleasant jobs, not because he's a corrupt cop. They literally spell it out in the first movie when he talks the guy out of suicide.
I was critiquing the idea that we should be morally uncertain of Callahan instead of unmitigated supporters by using the idea of a dirty cop which is the only way this uncertainty can be claimed.