HIS SAY: MORE ON BIGOTS’R’US
A RESPONSE FROM GERALD WALPIN:
I find the definition of “bigot” very interesting:
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“One who is strongly partial to one’s own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.”
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When it comes to politics (even the other categories) most people are, and are entitled to be, strongly partial to one’s own views — indeed, if one is not, one doesn’t really have one’s own views.
As to “intolerant of those who differ,” that can mean nothing more than believing that those who disagree are dead wrong — an allowed view. As you so well show with your examples, the accusation of being a bigot often is thrown against those with whom one disagrees, making the accuser the bigot!
Now that is real food for thought. rsk
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