Acceptance and tolerance are two totaly different things

We hear the word tolerance thrown around alot, seemingly by those who have the most to benefit from. Why must we tolerate? Everyone wants to be accepted, this much is true, but acceptance and tolerance are two entirely different things. Acceptance is where I take you for who you are, and as you are, with the things you may not necessarily be able to change, flaws and all. Tolerance is where I don’t try to help change the things in you that can be changed. I can accept a Muslim for following Allah, for who he is, but when beliefs collide, I don’t accept his beliefs to avoid a conflict. In an age of tolerance, why is it so hard to accept the good with the bad? I know what I believe and who I follow. It’s everyone else’s choice to do the same. We all are free to listen to what we hear or not. The ultimate choice is to do what’s right, and there is no law against doing right or no law that can stop one from truly doing what he feels he must.