Before you get your knickers in a twist, let me just talk about something that's gnawed at me since the beginning of my time in this fandom.
Tolerance in itself, isn't a great thing to base a whole culture on. Being that Tolerance is defined as:
tol·er·ance
ˈtäl(ə)rəns/
noun
1. the ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with. "the tolerance of corruption"
Now it's a good thing yes, but this fandom prides itself on something that it is so far beyond ascertaining it that it boggles my mind. I would even go as far as to guess that at least 1/3 of Bronies aren't technically, "tolerant". A group so diverse that it can't stand its own diversity?
"A house divided cannot stand!"
Where am I getting at?
Tolerance is good in itself. But wouldn't it be better to pride ourselves in something closer towards the word, "Acceptance?".
Where not only do you like them for who or what they are, but you have no care to disagree with it, that it shouldn't matter. Where you can take to heart what you actually preach.
All we have is a bunch of people that are just upset with everyone else's standards, and that isn't tolerance last I checked.
So why Tolerance? That is my true and final question. Why? Why pick a sub-par term, and not even come close to that benchmark?
No, Tolerance isn't bad, mostly everyone has something they disagree with, and a lot of us more than others. I am just curious about IDEALS here, not what the fandom is, but what it SHOULD BE.