Partisan tolerance

Partisan tolerance is a concept invented by communist author Herbert Marcuse. Partisan tolerance dictates that the enemies of Marxist revolution have to be forced into tolerance, but socialists are allowed to be intolerant against them. This is because there are "correct" opinions that are to be preferred, and "incorrect" opinions that have to be fought against with all means.

Partisan tolerance evolved into political correctness, censorship, and curtailment of Free Speech 1st Amendment rights. Marcuse pronounced that liberating tolerance meant tolerating the excesses of the left but not those of the right; indeed, he contends that the right is deserving of intolerance.

According to Marcuse, a non-partisan tolerance would leave the established values intact, which would lead to repressive tolerance. Therefore, Marcuse only accepted a partisan tolerance which would have to be "intolerant toward the protagonists of the repressive status quo", or would promote "intolerance against movements from the Right, and toleration of movements from the Left".

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