I see a lot of people whining about tolerance, but they don't really understand what tolerance is.
They also complain about one group forcing their values on them and them being not tolerant.
They really are two sides of the same coin.
We as in society, individuals or groups go through the following process.
I don't like it when you do X, is this something important enough that I should try and stop you, or is it something I can tolerate.
When people complain of others not beign tolerant, it's because they want to do something others don't approve of, and those others think it's sufficiently bad that it should be stopped.
Often people tolerate stuff that doesn't affect them or affect them too much, which is the point. If it doesn't affect you, it's easy to tolerate. If it does affect you, it runs the chance of getting to be too much.
Noise bylaws are a good one. People don't like unreasonable noise, but they all have different ideas.
Some people like loud music, others don't like others loud music. We even acknowledge the different noise levels and try to codify the balance into bylaws. You can have animal detering noisemakers "bird bangers" if you're in a rural spot, you have to remain reasonably quiet in residential areas, commercial areas are permitted to be a bit noisier, and you can get permits for exceptions.
Do we tolerate unwanted sound? Do we try to control and limit unwanted noise?
Obviously yes to both.
Replace noise with any other issues and you'll have people begging for more tolerance, and complaining about the control and limits that others are trying to force upon them.
It's part of being in a larger social group. Deal with it.
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