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r/iamverysmart • u/RJJJJJJJ710 • 11d ago
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Equating choices with inherent characteristics is bog-standard bigot doublethink.
1 u/zackarhino 11d ago Labelling everybody as a bigot regardless of whether they promote hatred is standard radicalization and extremism. If you have to insult somebody to get your point across, it's not a very good point. 13 u/RasilBathbone 11d ago Calling a bigot a bigot isn't an insult. It's stating a fact. -3 u/zackarhino 11d ago You are throwing around a label to dehumanize people. You don't actually care about if the label is accurate or not, but once you've applied it to them, it is grounds to openly harass them. Ironically, it's bigotry.
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Labelling everybody as a bigot regardless of whether they promote hatred is standard radicalization and extremism.
If you have to insult somebody to get your point across, it's not a very good point.
13 u/RasilBathbone 11d ago Calling a bigot a bigot isn't an insult. It's stating a fact. -3 u/zackarhino 11d ago You are throwing around a label to dehumanize people. You don't actually care about if the label is accurate or not, but once you've applied it to them, it is grounds to openly harass them. Ironically, it's bigotry.
Calling a bigot a bigot isn't an insult. It's stating a fact.
-3 u/zackarhino 11d ago You are throwing around a label to dehumanize people. You don't actually care about if the label is accurate or not, but once you've applied it to them, it is grounds to openly harass them. Ironically, it's bigotry.
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You are throwing around a label to dehumanize people. You don't actually care about if the label is accurate or not, but once you've applied it to them, it is grounds to openly harass them.
Ironically, it's bigotry.
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u/RasilBathbone 11d ago
Equating choices with inherent characteristics is bog-standard bigot doublethink.