Confessions of a hedgehog aspirant: Reply to Verkuyten (2023) and Jung (2023).

Abstract

The potential of the disapproval–respect model as a conceptual tool and explanatory device for the analysis of tolerance phenomena as well as its value as a guideline for future tolerance research is reiterated and further explained. Also, the distinctiveness of the model is underscored as is its realism with regard to the role of tolerance in processes of social influence and social change.