debeda wrote:
We all have our things. I would be considered a bigot about muslims (as a theocratic cult) and about abortion pushers. I have a visceral antipathy toward them. Same with pedophiles and child abusers. No excuse or forgiveness for that, in my opinion. So I am a bigot, I guess. What one sees as a reasonable thing, another sees as bigotry I suppose.
Okay, you have been given plenty of rope, let's see what you've done with it!
As the titular question of this thread involves a issue of definitions, this is pertinent to our analysis.
big·ot
/ˈbiɡət/
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noun
a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions.
"don't let a few small-minded bigots destroy the good image of the city"
synonyms: dogmatist, partisan, sectarian, prejudiced person;
racist, racialist, sexist, homophobe, chauvinist, jingoist, anti-Semite; informalmale chauvinist pig, MCP
Racism is a subset of bigotry.
So you see it is possible for a generalized bigot to select racism specifically as a tool to promote the bigotry.
YOU claimed DJT is a bigot. As you claim yourself to be. I asserted and proved with the dictionary definition my previous stated contention that DJT , who you agree is a bigot is just a more inclusive master of hate baiting rhetoric and purveyor of intolerance than the specialists who simply use one modality, say racism, to discriminate in deciding to whom the intolerance is to be directed.
It is not disagreement on principle with an opinion that another holds, that makes one a bigot. It is the additional belief/practice that you have the right to punish, disenfranchise or cause harm to their person for disagreeing with you instead of rationally arguing and seriously working for the change you wish to see..