RE: Anti gay-marriage atheist??
August 31, 2015 at 4:02 pm
(This post was last modified: August 31, 2015 at 4:05 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(August 31, 2015 at 2:42 pm)Homeless Nutter Wrote:(August 31, 2015 at 2:21 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: My understanding of the definition of the word bigot is this:
big·ot
ˈbiɡət/
noun
a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions.
source: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=bigot+
That's a conveniently narrow definition of the word.
Quote:The concept of bigotry can have slightly different meanings in American and British English.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigotry
In British English it refers to a state of mind where a person is obstinately, irrationally, or unfairly intolerant of ideas, opinions, or beliefs that differ from their own, and intolerant of the people who hold them.
In American English, the term can be used similarly; however, it can also be used to refer to intolerance towards a group of people in general based on their group characteristics such as race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status.[...]
It was the first definition that came up upon doing my googles search, as you saw on the link I provided. But fair enough if it's just a matter of semantics or which definition you decide to use.
I don't think I'm a bigot in any sense of the word. But well... you win some and you lose some I guess. Can't please everyone. So long as I stay true to myself and so long as the people I care about continue to love and accept me and all my differences, I can live with people on a forum thinking I'm a bigot.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
