DEFENCE AND ANOTHER19 are of relevance to tolerance, and I quote Her Lordshiop below: “The rights implicitly recognise the importance, both for a democratic society and for individuals personally, of the ability to form and express opinions, whether individually or collectively, even where those views are controversial. The corollary of the freedom of expression and its related rights is tolerance by society of different views. Tolerance, of course, does not require approbation of a particular view. In essence, it requires the acceptance of the public airing of disagreements and the refusal to silence unpopular views20.” [31] On the face of it the applicant was, in my view, well-within his democratic rights in the comments that he made on his facebook page on the post dated 8 th November 2019 at 7:53 pm. I say on the face of it because this discourse cannot end right here. [32] Shongwe and Motsa21 submit that the state has a duty to “put in place safeguards against reprisal that may be 19 1999(4) SA 469 CC. At paragraph 8. 21 See Note 8 above. 20 21