This is not to say that Mubarak's regime does not tolerate any dissent.
No political settlement is feasible without commitments that this rightist regime will not tolerate a return to the terrorism of death squads.
And if it turns out that the regime, in any way, has been sponsoring or tolerating this violence, that would be completely and utterly unacceptable.
The regime could not tolerate dynamic faith or popular religious leaders who could inspire and lead millions of people.
The regime now tolerates more opposition, dissent and "parallel institutions" (the underground press and books, private universities, etc.) than any Communist country.
The regime, moreover, could not tolerate the democratization of information that computers brought.
The regime tolerates some opposition, some free press, some democracy.
As war crimes prosecutors would note later at the Nuremberg Trials, the same regime tolerated and promoted cruelty to human beings interned in concentration camps.
For too long, Islamic regimes have tolerated terrorism against civilians.
The present Tunisian regime does not tolerate any independent minds.