Tolerance is not impressive if you're "tolerating" something you already support and think is good.
Then it's just slapping extra virtue points on you for the incredible feat of being nice to something you like.
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Tolerance is impressive, however, when machining parts on a lathe within 0.0001” accuracy.
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It’s not even tolerance at that point. Tolerance implies you’re accepting something you dislike (I think so anyway)
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That's like saying i am very tolerant to blow jobs i really don't mind them at all. Seems redundant.
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Aaah, I see we have a follower of Evelyn Beatrice Hall's "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." here...
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This article starts with a literary reference that makes the point very clearly. “You only forgive criminals when they commit what you don’t regard as crimes, but rather as conventions.” The article as a whole is well worth reading, extremely interesting.
slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-c
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Liking people is still more virtuous than hating people, even if you find it easy.