Paradox of tolerance

The paradox of tolerance is when a group of people are tolerant towards other people, even people with different beliefs or ideas, but then eventually become intolerant towards people whose beliefs or ideas are too different. This is a paradox because it goes against what the group stands for – being tolerant. It can lead to some people in the group trying to limit the amount of difference that other people's beliefs or ideas can have from the group's own.