ANSWERS: 5
  • An opinion cant be wrong for the simple reason an opinion is an opinion IE view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter
  • I'm intolerant to the opinion that other people have intolerant opinions. I guess I'm bigotted against bigotry.
  • Actually, a bigot is a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to their own opinions and prejudices. It is most relevant to those who treats members of a specific group (e.g., an ethnic or racial minority) with intolerance or outright hatred. I may be intolerant of your curious observation, but that does not make me bigoted. ;-)
  • Yes I know what a bigot is. If a person has or expresses a wrong opinion they have a right to it, after all it is their opinion not mine. In this particular case intolerance is a form of bully bigotry which is unacceptable, so yes it is.
  • 1) There is always some debate inside each particular society about what should be considered tolerable. Usually, you will be considered a bigot if you are intolerant of opinions that are broadly considered tolerable. You will not be considered a bigot if you are intolerant of opinions that are broadly considered intolerable. So for the opinions that you don't tolerate, the more tolerable they are generally considered, the more you will be considered a bigot. Note that you could not be considered a bigot among some particular people, but you will be considered a bigot by other groups of people. There are also local differences: a bigot in Greenwich Village is not the same as a bigot in Brooklyn or a bigot in Salt Lake City. 2) "A bigot is a person who is intolerant of opinions, lifestyles or identities differing from his or her own, and bigotry is the corresponding attitude or mindset. Bigot is often used as a pejorative term to describe a person who is obstinately devoted to prejudices, especially when these views are either challenged, or proven to be false or not universally applicable or acceptable. The origin of the word bigot and bigoterie in English dates back to at least 1598, via Middle French, and started with the sense of "religious hypocrite", especially a woman. Forms of bigotry may have a related ideology or world views." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigotry 3) "Toleration and tolerance are terms used in social, cultural and religious contexts to describe attitudes and practices that prohibit discrimination against those practices or group memberships that may be disapproved of by those in the majority. Conversely, 'intolerance' may be used to refer to the discriminatory practices sought to be prohibited. Though developed to refer to the religious toleration of minority religious sects following the Protestant Reformation, these terms are increasingly used to refer to a wider range of tolerated practices and groups, or of political parties or ideas widely considered objectionable. The principle of toleration is controversial. Liberal critics may see in it an inappropriate implication that the "tolerated" custom or behavior is an aberration or that authorities have a right to punish difference; such critics may instead emphasise notions such as civility or pluralism. Other critics may regard a narrow definition of 'tolerance' as more useful, since it does not require a false expression of enthusiasm for groups or practices which are genuinely disapproved of." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toleration

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