(February 2, 2016 at 5:34 pm)Aegon Wrote:First of all, properly define the word bigot for me. Some of you seem to not understand it.(February 2, 2016 at 5:19 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: I trust Christians more than I do Muslims. Atheists more than Christians. Antitheists more than Atheists. Rationalists more than anyone.
Would you agree it makes you bigoted to avoid Muslims because you assume that because someone is a Muslim they automatically support the things you think they do? You think it'd be fair for anyone to avoid you for being an atheist because of their preconceived notions of what an atheist is? Those preconceived judgments would be something along the lines of, "That guy is an atheist so he automatically thinks he's smarter than religious people and is intolerant of me because I think differently than him." So, in actuality, maybe that assumption wouldn't be too far off for you, eh?
Second of all, my being an atheist doesn't say anything about myself but for one thing. But you already know that. Being a Muslim, on the other hand, could say a lot about you.
And last but not least, I never said I would avoid muslims or anything else like that. All I said is I wouldn't feel comfortable having a beer with one. Nor would I like to be friends with one. But I can't guarantee that neither of those will ever happen. It's just how I feel at the moment.