A very interesting discussion.

Well said, Xeno! Tolerance is about action, self-expression is about ideas. 

And indifference is about non-action.

Some time ago my country, the Netherlands, prided itself on being very tolerant. A misplaced pride, since we weren't tolerant, we just didn't care. And I'm fairly sure that this indifference has created the spawning grounds for fundamentalism. After all, if nobody cares about one's viewpoints, if nobody takes the time to listen and argue, is it so surprising that some people take things a step further and make a biiger noise (as in violent actions)? 
I'm pretty sure that if we had been less indifferent and more tolerant in the past, fundamentalism wouldn't be as big a problem as it is now.

To me, tolerance is about getting to know another's viewpoints on life, religion, politics, and respect the right to existence of those views. It has nothing to do with approval. 

And tolerance has its boundaries. In my opinion, a religion or political viewpoint that does not recognize the right to existence of other viewpoints has lost its own right to exist. I do not tolerate those viewpoints. 
Here we have the "just plain wrong" argument. Any viewpoint that does not tolerate the existence of other viewpoints MUST be wrong.

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