[amai]

> They may feel isolated for long periods of time, but when they realize that they are the majority, rather than the minority, power can shift dramatically.

If the intolerant are the majority you run into the paradox of democracy:

"a democratic majority could vote for a tyrant to rule, thus ending democracy."

The issue here is of course: once you have a dictatorship you cannot vote to get your democracy back. Thus the paradox.

I believe many Americans don't realize that point, because it never happened to them, yet.