Seriously, most of them have no clue what "tolerant" means. They really believe it means "approving of the GLBTxxx group, and liking brown and black people more than whites." Especially the highly educated ones. The idea that "tolerance" actually extends to those with whom you disagree is completely outside their understanding. 
MrsSmith, tolerance is a idea that has many meanings.
For me tolerance means I must accept the things that piss me off or do no real harm. When does non tolerance become harmfull.?
Most depends on the individual and their mind set. These are the things we have no way to escape from.
I put up screens in the summer as I cannot tolerate bugs that fly in and suck my blood or defecate on food.
I do not tolerate a visitor, male, that enters my home without removing their hat. You see this is my home and I set the rules.
America is also my home, I will not tolerate anyone entering my home to tell me they can set any rules over mine.
We get the story from the Bible that sets rules for those who visit are to be treated as if they set the rules. A visitor is never to be offended in word or deed. Lott visited a family that offered their own females to be raped other then the woman of the visitors.
Crap, look what that got the friends of Lott----they were annihilated as Lott could not name them as just people.
I cannot visit the middle east as my religion would mean I would be jailed and executed. Theres a form of tolerance for you.
Hubby and I have gone round and round on this, way back when I had Muslim coworkers come to visit he had a fit.
I locked up the dogs and made sure there was no wine or beer on display. these were my guests and I removed anything they considered offensive to them.
I would have done the same had a Baptist preacher come to visit, hide the whiskey.
I realise now that I made a dreadfull mistake considering the wants of visitors over our needs. Hubby is just a good old boy but he saw where I was going astray. Seldom does he interfear in my running the house but and to my surprise he bellied up to the bar , as they say and shot me down.
Tolerance has to go both ways, otherwise tolerance becomes a chain about ones ankle, why should I tolerate anyone that comes on my turff-America--that cannot or will not have respect for the laws and style of us.
We give respect to those that respect us--- My Hubby is a very smart man with limited education, he goes on gut feeling.
Tolerance can become a license to inslave you.
