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    Connor Colvin
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rosy View Post
    Here we go again...trotting out the old "if you don't agree with me you're a bigot"....
    Slightly off topic but:

    big·ot noun \ˈbi-gət\
    : a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc.

    I love that society uses this word to demonize people. I guarantee there is at least ONE thing that everyone strongly dislikes that might be a little unfair. You can call EVERYONE a bigot. Just because someone doesn't agree with your choices it MAY make them a bigot because "fairness" is a subjective concept. What does this mean? You think someone is a bigot? So what... we ALL are.
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    Rosi Posi
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    Quote Originally Posted by Colvin View Post
    Slightly off topic but:

    big·ot noun \ˈbi-gət\
    : a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc.

    I love that society uses this word to demonize people. I guarantee there is at least ONE thing that everyone strongly dislikes that might be a little unfair. You can call EVERYONE a bigot. Just because someone doesn't agree with your choices it MAY make them a bigot because "fairness" is a subjective concept. What does this mean? You think someone is a bigot? So what... we ALL are.
    Because I dislike something, it doesn't mean that it's unfair. I doubt there is a single person in the world who likes everything. If I dislike something, unless I say I "strongly" dislike it, nobody can judge how much I dislike it. Maybe in this generation the word has lost some of its strength, but from my generation's point of view it is a VERY strong, derogatory term, and an offensive insult to boot....and it WILL make any sympathy I had for a person's situation, dissipate
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