At Taki Mag, Dalrymple examines the often-misunderstood idea of tolerance and suggests that real tolerance is not moral indifference but a capacity to make judgments without rushing to ban, punish, or ostracize: behavior that we all must guard against.

It is not only the kingdom of God that is within you, but the spirit of persecution. This spirit, which is waiting within most if not all of us to emerge when the circumstances are right, has to be controlled, damped down, by an effort of will and intellect. Law alone will not do it.

Read the full essay here.