It is perfectly acceptable and rationally sound as a Liberal NOT to accept and tolerate everything. As Karl Popper explains; 'Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them...We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant'. So to support pluralism and oppose the Berka for example or other religious/cultural customs that subjugate certain individuals is not in fact hypocritical as many believe, rather it is an appropriate liberal response to discriminatory practices.

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