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Originally Posted by BTirish
Who exactly is acting like a bigot here? You are saying that anyone who holds a certain opinion different from yours is necessarily stupid and not worthy of being in your presence.
"big·ot: n. - One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ."
I actively do not spend time around people who are closed-minded, racist, bigots, spew hateful speech, anti-semitic, overly religious, etc etc etc.
I usually open my mouth and express my opionions, very pointedly and confrontationally, I might add, unless I'm in a work environment, where I've learned to just keep my mouth shut.
People say stupid things, and I make sure I tell them how stupid it is. I've heard people say the Holocaust was made up, and I've spoken up and said it was probably the worst event in human history, with unbelieveable amounts of documentation verifing it, and if they truly believed that line of thought they are truly stupid.
I don't like when people talk bad about sexual orientation, minorities, whatever, in a hateful way. Maybe I'm just getting more disagreeable in my older years, but I just don't have time for any intolerance. It's 2011, Christ, that's enough already.
Maybe one day more people will have the courage to speak up and tell people they are what they really are - closed-minded stupid bigots.
And if I'm a "bigot against bigots" (lol), then all the better.