(note: all meanings taken from the Oxford Dictionary
and Thesaurus, American Edition)
Bigot (n) – obstinate and intolerant believer in a religion, political
theory, etc.
Bigoted (adj) – unreasonably prejudiced and intolerant; narrow-minded,
uncompromising inflexible, rigid, set, dogmatic…
I see a lot of heated discussion
on the social changes taking place in our country today. Inevitably the word bigot gets thrown into
the mix, usually from the progressive side, when the views of a conservative or
a person of deep faith offers an opposing view.
My question is a simple one, doesn’t the fact that you are compelled to
call someone a bigot reflect directly back on your own prejudice, intolerance,
and narrow-mindedness? Doesn’t the
insistence that your views are superior to the opposition and you are unwilling
to accept the right for another view place you in exactly the same category as
those you accuse?
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