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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (53205)	7/18/2002 5:05:10 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

If you, OTOH, vote for someone who is the same religion, race, or ethnicity as you, then you're a bigot, IMO (Note: This quote needs to be seen in Karen's overall context). That is much too strong for me. I think at the very least it waters down the powerful word "bigotry," robbing it of any necessary hate element. You might as well accuse people who vote a straight Democratic or Republican ticket every year of bigotry. I think only a minority of the electorate votes on the basis of principles detached from their own self(ish)-interests and preferences. A great many people vote for a candidate because they feel a comfort level and a sympatico with that person, and in many cases that may relate to religion, race, or ethnicity. You can accuse such people of superficiality in their voting criteria, but bigotry? I don't think so.