[onewhippedpuppy]

911PCars nailed it. Tolerance is supposed to be voluntary. Normy's story is the epitome of tolerance, because the neighbors choose to tolerate each other's ways. No doubt they have their differences, but they obviously choose to look past them. That is real tolerance.

Tolerance, in the mainstream sense, is some group saying "accept us or you are a racist/bigot/etc". BS, FU, that's not tolerance. That's a special interest group trying to shove an agenda down our throats. Something people seem to have forgotten in America, there's no rule that everyone LIKE each other. It's your right to hate whomever you want, no matter how big of a POS that makes you.

Myself, I don't treat people differently because of their race/gender/sexual preference. I may not agree with homosexuality, but I don't treat gay people any differently. It's not my role to judge, because I am by no means perfect. "Do unto others", good one to remember.