The Tolerant Left

Leftists are very tolerant people--just ask them!--except when it comes to views with which they disagree.  And people with whom they disagree (usually conservatives) are, in lefties' minds, clearly intolerant, giving lefties the opportunity to announce that they "won't tolerate intolerance".  It's a very convenient circular argument, constantly reinforcing itself as well as the leftie's smugness and sense of superiority.

That smugness and superiority--heck, even their claim of being tolerant--is all an illusion, as this Instapundit post demonstrates: