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Being called a bigot means your adversary has no arguments.
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SW-User
In order for that to always be true then bigotry would have to not exist as a concept.
Cierzo · M
Concepts exist because someone invented them to justify their behaviour
SW-User
Uh. No. The concept of bigotry exists to [i]describe[/i] a pattern of behavior. If you demonstrate that pattern of behavior in your words and deeds, you can accurately be assessed as the kind of person described by the concept. You can make the argument that you are being referred to in such a manner erroneously, but pretending an entire mode of behavior doesn't exist because being described in a particular way hurts your feelings is, at best, highly immature and intellectually dishonest.
Cierzo · M
@Auberon89: why are you unable to make an statement without using words as immature, ignorant...?Seriously, this air of moral superiority is really tiring
SW-User
You're really not in a position to complain about that. Your initial post was you deciding to totally discount the validity of your adversaries' arguments if they used a particular magic word to describe you, irregardless of context. Deciding that an entire social concept is invalid simply because you have difficulty engaging with it is an act of supreme unearned moral and intellectual superiority. Maybe you should stop putting it out there if it bothers you so much:
Cierzo · M
My point it is that bigot has become another blanket term now that racist and fascist are not so efficient as they have been overused. So now bigot and white supremacist have taken their place.
I don't mind being called a bigot, on the other side it is a sign that I am doing things fine.
SW-User
Except that bigotry is a definable term and sometimes people speak and act in ways that fit that definition, ergo the use of that word to describe them is fine. It's fine if you want to evolve your position to "bigot is overused as term" (debatable), but your initial point was clearly "bigot is automatically invalid as a term" (intellectually absurd).

And yes, a person who is often called a bigot by many people [i]may[/i] be the victim of a concerted social effort to label any and all dissent or argument as bigotry, but it's somewhat more likely, per Occam's razor, that that person gets called that a lot because they are frequently engaging in bigotry.
Cierzo · M
@Auberon89: It does not matter only what you are called, but most of all the origin of words.
SW-User
So you are, what, trying to claim that it's not a word with a definition now because of it's origin? I'm giving you a clear path to modify your position to something less provably false. You should take it. ☺
Cierzo · M
It is a word with a definition in the dictionary, that is losing it from being overused now as a blanket term. And that in my personal case when I hear it from people with certain views, it is more a good sign that an insult.
SW-User
That's fine, how it makes you feel is not really relevant. All that is relevant is whether you fit the definition of the term. If you are comfortably outside of that definition then you should be able to engage with the term on a case by case basis rather than trying to invalidate it completely.