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Originally Posted by docbungle
What you've just described are our nation's political parties. This is not the same as being physically disgusted by something.
'nuff said? hardly.
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well, what i meant by enough said, was that per dictionary definition, again:
"big·ot (bĭg'ət)
n.
One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.",
What you describe of this individual is actually bigotry in this society.
It doesn't affect this individual, she doesn't have to participate, however, she states that it disgusts her? She's going out of her way to express intolerance, that is bigotry from my perspective.
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The habit of forming negative opinions of people based on negative opinions they themselves have is a very easy one to fall in to. But it serves no real purpose and allows no room for growth. They came to those opinions somehow, just as you came to yours.
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No room for growth? Who said i had a negative opinion of people who's views i don't share? i never said that...There are plently of things that people do and think that i do not agree with on any level, but it is their right and freedom to do so, but what i was pointing out was that i don't go out of my way to express my 'disgust' over their views, it doesn't affect me what they do and think.... but as to the OP, i also woudn't make that person a romantic interest, but i don't have a negative opinion of them.
I didn't 'come' to any opinion, so i'm not sure what you mean...
The only 'opinion' i've come to is that i am tolerant of other's choices and decisions about their lives..... i believe that is called
tolerance... not an
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Regarding the OP, perhaps it could turn into an interesting discussion sometime down the road, instead of immediately judging her for something she said. Anything else would seem, to me, to be a bit hypocritical. And I really don't think that being physically disgusted with homosexuality and voicing it is quite the same as bigotry.
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Well, i would consider that bigotry... going out of one's way to be intolerant and actually feeling phsycially disgusted?
That seems like a lot of work to me... much easier to be tolerant, then i don't have to get 'physically disgusted' every time i disagree with something
thanks,
sweetpea