When we practice tolerance, we are essentially telling ourselves that some particular thing we find objectionable or distasteful should be patiently endured so that some higher, better good can be enjoyed. To take a simple example, most of the coffeeshops I frequent as a full-time remote worker are owned and staffed by people who do not share my traditionalist Christian social democrat politics. But their business tolerates my presence because there are other goods we enjoy together. Their distaste or disapproval for my political views, or mine for theirs, is not the sum total of our associational existence. That component is real, but not exhaustive.

When it comes to politics, sometimes you must patiently endure people you disagree with.