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(News) 86-Year-Old WWII Vet Talks Sacrifice, Gay Marriage in Maine
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Makes no sense
Of course it makes sense
Considering the bigotry from people like you, I am not surprised if he has not spoken out earlier. Speaking out could have gotten him in trouble. Of course no one told you in the 50s and 60s. They would have been killed.
That said, how do you know that he hasn't spoken out earlier?
- WayOfTheDodo October 28, 2009 1:09PM
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Bigot
It is bigotry to call someone a bigot.
- JKM121
October 29, 2009 8:34PM
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Not at all
No, it is not bigotry to call a bigot a bigot. Not at all.
- WayOfTheDodo October 30, 2009 3:36AM
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Bigot
n. One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion , race , or politics and is intolerant of those who differ. - dictionary.com
Now, by defaming someone, one displays intolerance for them, and the reason for such (which I'm sure most would agree could be other than those lested) can be gathered from the context. In otherwords, bigotry is intolerance, and calling someone a bigot is an intolerant act, though this stems more from the connotation of the word than the denotation; a bigoted act.
- JKM121
October 30, 2009 4:53AM
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when it quacks like a duck...
When someone holds a bigoted position it is not defaming them to call them a bigot.
If we were standing by the side of the road and a group from the KKK went by with signs with racist statements would you say I was being bigoted if I said "There go a bunch of bigots"?
- MrBook
October 30, 2009 7:13AM
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Forgive the language
but that's like saying that calling a black man a N***** isn't racist because it's true. Defamation isn't the only expression of intolerance; the application of derogatory terms serves as well, though "this stems more from the connotation ...." Which is typical of derogatory comments.
- JKM121
December 19, 2009 6:22PM
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que?
Not at all... the term you used is a derogatory racial slur. Bigot is not a racial slur, nor an ethinc slur, nor a religious slur, nor a sexist slur. Calling a bigot a bigot is like calling an idiot an idiot.
- MrBook
December 20, 2009 9:10AM
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