Understanding what tolerance means in a highly polarized America | Sarah Ruger

Changing people's minds isn't how we end polarization. Tolerance is the gateway to peaceful coexistence.

- The goal of tolerance is not for everyone to arrive at a consensus on divisive issues, or to accept each other's views. Sarah Ruger suggests that tolerance is learning how to coexist peacefully through difference.

- Tolerance is a word with a lot of baggage, but tolerance is not patronizing or insulting; it is a starting point for something better.

- Peaceful coexistence and a focus on common goals enables people of all convictions to work towards positive social ends like innovation, social progress, and the defense of equal rights.

Sarah Ruger directs free expression initiatives for the Charles Koch Institute and Foundation. She is a passionate advocate for open inquiry, free speech rights, and engagement that respects the dignity inherent in every individual.

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