Why is tolerance so difficult?

[Warpy]

4. I find some things very uncomfortable

and that usually involves somebody expounding at length on religious dogma or right wing politics. Both will have me politely edging toward the exit, the former having me check my wallet first to make sure the religious expounder hasn't stolen it.

If I'm having a bad day, I might interrupt the speaker with a few uncomfortable questions in an attempt to get them to shut up or at least stomp off in disgust.

Other than that, I allow other people to be as nuts as they want, as long as they don't go into lengthy tirades about it or try to use it to limit my access to services available to them.