"I think the answer is ‘no’ and here’s why.
Tolerance is a noun while tolerant is an adjective. However
the true essence of tolerance and being tolerant is a verb, it is an action one
integrates into their daily life.
If a person is tolerant in regards to intolerance they are
actually not tolerant. Here we can see we are actually missing a word to
describe tolerance in a verb form.
Tolerating is the action of incorporating tolerance into
your life. This means to have a tolerant society we must practice promoting the
condition of tolerance in society by “tolerating”.
When we encounter intolerance we have to start tolerating.
This means we are not going to accept intolerance because of living and
practicing tolerating.
Tolerance vs. Intolerance
These concepts are very much absolutes.
They cannot exist as a condition of a thing at the same
time. A person might be comprised of tolerant and intolerant specific beliefs
yet having intolerant attributes means one is not wholly tolerant thus failing
to reach the moral quality of tolerance.
When we seek a higher moral standing we are plunged into
having to face opposing ideas and viewpoints. How we handle these will
determine who we are?
Tolerance means accepting world views different from our own
except those views that seek to destroy the philosophy of tolerance itself.
Maybe calling it intolerance is wrong rather than calling it
what it really is “hate produced from insecurity.
I can live next to a Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, or anyone so
long as they feel they can live next to me."
Namaste
