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Why is Political Tolerance an important element of a democratic political culture and what are the obstacles to Political Tolerance in South Africa?
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Why is Political Tolerance an important element of a democratic political culture and what are the obstacles to Political Tolerance in South Africa? What is political tolerance? Political tolerance is the willingness to extend basic rights and civil liberties to persons and groups whose viewpoints differ from one's own. Being patient and tolerant of other peoples political perspectives and viewpoints. It is one of the central principles of a liberal democracy. The individual rights and freedoms that a culture of political tolerance affords its citizens encourages people to think for themselves without being afraid of intimidation, even if their opinions offend sections of the population. In South Africa the expression of those beliefs is protected by one of our core democratic tools, the Constitution. By allowing people to freely voice their political opinions, political tolerance also exposes those political ideas to criticism. Instead, if they were suppressed the majority of...
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