Why can't we all just get along?

Okay, let's talk about this whack job pastor in Florida who wants to burn the Quran on September 11. Whack job. What does he really think he is going to accomplish? Because really, what he's doing is giving the rest of the non-Christian world (which is a LOT of people, by the way) a soundbite, visual reference, and offensive action that will do nothing but engage more hate against Americans as a whole.
And that a small congregation of 50 could put the entire world in a tailspin over their own intolerance is, in itself, a crime. It's a very real shame that our country should be held to a higher standard for tolerance, but that that standard means we also must allow whack jobs to say what they want. Is it a hypocrisy to say that I hate intolerant people?