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Where I'd say the term "tolerance" matters is that some people will take negative actions against others in their lifetime - the question is how much leeway you give them on it.
Say a guy you've never met steps into a shop you own, and immediately tells you to "Back the hell off, dipshit." Ostensibly, he's broken the rule of respect, and should receive none - but tolerance would suggest that if, a minute later, he says to you "...Look, I'm sorry for yelling. Everyone I've met today has treated me terribly and I lashed out." then the social contract is preserved.
Tolerance acknowledges people are not perfect, and will make mistakes. The paradox of tolerance helps us recognize when they're not mistakes.
That definition of tolerance isn't the one that's being used in this thread and I don't think it's particularly useful to substitute it into a phrase it's not intended in