Let&#x27;s remember that tolerance is not an absolute good. Indeed that phrase is almost meaningless unless qualified.<p>. . . presumably those downvoting will tolerate just about anything and leave their discriminatory faculties to rot. That&#x27;s pretty much how many folk behaved in Europe earlier in the 20th century and look where that got us.<p>In her essay &#x27;Optimism&#x27; Helen Keller provides the context for her oft-quoted statement. The retailing of phrases outwith a context then presented as some kind of ultimate truth is strangely disingenuous.