They proclaimed the truths from housetops and in several cases, they had to suffer for it, but they preferred suffering and even death to the withholding of the truths which they had seen and realised Socrates drank the cup of poison rather than retract his teachings. Jesus Christ himself suffered execution for the sake of truth. People who are tolerant live and let live. She rightly said also that too much tolerance is not a good thing. Tolerating malpractices in our systems and exercising forbearance when things cross the limit.
People suffer but tolerate silently when merit is ignored.
If somebody protests he is forced to pay for it.