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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (52721)

1/18/2018 11:15:39 AM

From: koan

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By that logic people in 1930's Germany opposing Nazism were bigots, or opposing Mussolini's National fascist party, Stalin, Putin, Marcos, Duterte, George Wallace's Independent party, were bigots.

Were George Wallace,Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms and the people who supported them just normal people with different opinions? Were people who opposed them bigots??

The Republican party today is a modern version of the Nazi or National Fascist party and must be "resisted", and fought against and the people who are supporting this tyranny and fascism must be held accountable.

It was a huge mistake to indulge Hitler and Mussolini and it would be a huge mistake to indulge the dangerous Republican party today!

80% of of Republicans support Trump and 70% have been convinced Muller's investigation is a hoax against Trump. An investigation that is so important to our country.

The Republicans are threatening our democracy and destroying our country and you think they are just normal people with a different opinion and to castigate them is a matter of bigotry.

That is so naive!

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The Most Pervasive Bigotry

Political Bigot – a person who is intolerant of people with different political opinions than their own.

Politics is too often a competition between bigots or, at least, is swift to make people bigots who think they are fighting bigots when they are simply fighting over honest disagreements.

It’s almost as if bigotry (as well as hypocrisy) is a virtue in politics, that political power turns us contemptuous and resentful towards one another.

<<Message #52721 from Wharf Rat at 1/18/2018 7:06:29 AM

The Most Pervasive Bigotry Isn't What You Think
The bigotry that begets all others.

Bigot – a person who is intolerant of people with different opinions or innate characteristics than their own.

Given this basic definition, what is the most pervasive form of bigotry in the United States today?

I am not asking for the most nefarious or egregious or atrocious form of bigotry. I’m not asking for a hierarchy of bigots or a rank of the rankest forms of intolerance and moral depravity. I’m not asking how certain forms of prejudice affect certain individuals more than others or have done so historically. All important questions that have been researched and answered by folks much smarter than me, but that’s not what I’m asking.

...I’m simply asking what is the most pervasive form of bigotry today.

What force in America most drives people to be uncharitable and duplicitous towards one another’s diverse views? What American ritual drives people to call each other idiots without hesitation simply for slightly disagreeing? What American pastime most makes enemies out of people who won’t conform to the same news accounts, let alone fundamental ideals?

Racism? Sexism? Homophobia? Antisemitism? Islamophobia? Ageism? Class conflict?

While all of these are certainly present in America in an insidious way, they don’t seem to be the most widespread forms of bigotry. Despite racial and gender disparities, despite the terrible existence of fringe hate groups motivated by racial or religious hatred, despite sniping between baby-boomers and millennials, despite different class idiosyncrasies and inequities, there have been remarkable advances on all these fronts with further progress still to be made towards a positive peace.

Rather, I contend that the most pervasive form of intolerance towards people with different views in America today is political, partisan bigotry.

The Most Pervasive Bigotry

Political Bigot – a person who is intolerant of people with different political opinions than their own.

Politics is too often a competition between bigots or, at least, is swift to make people bigots who think they are fighting bigots when they are simply fighting over honest disagreements.

It’s almost as if bigotry (as well as hypocrisy) is a virtue in politics, that political power turns us contemptuous and resentful towards one another.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (52721)	1/18/2018 11:37:39 AM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 355162

Like all those good people in Charlottesville?? I contend that the most pervasive form of intolerance towards people with different views in America today is political, partisan bigotry.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (52721)	11/3/2018 12:45:18 PM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 355162

Do you think that the two sides of AGW are just an "honest disagreement"? What about evolution vs creationism? What should you call it when there is little or no honesty on one side? Am I a "bigot" if I'm bright enough to realize there is little to no honesty on the other side of the coin? Do you think I'm not honest if I understand the other side is in fact not honest? Perhaps you would have a point if instead you argued for treating others kindly even if you find then dishonest. Perhaps we should in the case of intellectual dishonesty, but not in the case of the various dishonesties that land you in jail, like financial dishonesty? Or is treating such dishonest individuals also a form of bigotry? is swift to make people bigots who think they are fighting bigots whenthey are simply fighting over honest disagreements.