Tolerance

I heard someone speak one time about the difference between tolerance and acceptance.  It went something like this:

When you tolerate someone or something it denotes action on your part - you work at not letting that person or those things affect you; it takes effort on your part so therefore is something you can be proud of...

When you accept someone or something it is effortless - you allow that person or that thing to have its own space in the world and allow the consequences to be what they will be...

When we allow others to be who they are or situations or things to be what they are we give up a sense of ownership over them, a sense of control really, but we also give up the right to brag about our efforts.

When I see, hear or read any alt-right people describe how they 'tolerated' Obama or how I/we are 'snowflakes' that can't truly handle diversity I think of these differences between tolerate and accept...

White people that say they have been victimized or suffered discrimination really have no clue what it truly means to be victimized or discriminated against: Exactly what makes them feel so threatened that they have become so defensive?