"Isn't it ironic, don't you think?"
--Alanis Morissette
From my trusty Webster's:
bigot 1. a person who holds blindly and intolerantly to a particular creed, opinion, etc. 2. a narrow-minded person.
Given human proclivity for selective reasoning and confirmation bias, this definition just about covers us all.
Seems to me that people who sling this word around in accusatory fashion likely have no mirrors handy...
I think the word bigot is being used because he used it, Matt.
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He didn't use it? He said "I'm not a bigot" then went on to say his other stuff. Maybe he didn't have a mirror??
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