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To: reaganaut

Here, maybe this will help...Bigotry From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For people named Bigot and other meanings, see Bigot (disambiguation).
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A bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices, especially one exhibiting intolerance, and animosity toward those of differing beliefs. The predominant usage in modern English refers to persons hostile to those of differing sex, race, ethnicity, religious belief or spirituality, political alignment, nationality, language, sexual orientation, and age; and to those from a different region, with non-normative gender identity, those who are homeless, and those with various medical disorders, particularly behavioural and addictive disorders. Forms of bigotry may have a related ideology or world views.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. described bigots with the following quote: “The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract.”[1]


137 posted on 03/12/2012 5:49:01 PM PDT by eastforker (Don't be ornery for Romney, instead Root for Newt!)
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To: eastforker

Wiki, really?

However, you have shown that you are very much in this camp: “A bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices, especially one exhibiting intolerance, and animosity toward those of differing beliefs. “


142 posted on 03/12/2012 6:01:01 PM PDT by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian "I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: eastforker; reaganaut
A bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices, especially one exhibiting intolerance, and animosity toward those of differing beliefs.

Now - go look in a mirror eastforker. Examine the image closely in respect to the definition you use. Note the striking simularities.

176 posted on 03/13/2012 7:57:07 AM PDT by Godzilla (3/7/77)
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To: eastforker
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6 I believe this, exclusively. For that, feel free to assign whatever name to me that pleases you.
202 posted on 03/13/2012 5:16:53 PM PDT by j_tull ("I may make you feel, but I can't make you think.")
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