The point is that to label someone else a bigot, regardless of what group or views the labeler confesses, says just as much about the person weilding the term as it does the person or group they are objecting to. We often find faults in others that we are not willing to see in ourselves.
And haven't you been paying attention to history? Again, regardless of which position you support there are laws that have been passed from each end of the spectrum that others disagree with.
Laws are meant to restrict the actions of others. They define what behaviors are acceptable to society. So, to say that trying to inhibit the rights of people by passing a law is incorrect is an argument against the legal system in general. All laws and regulations are meant to restrict behavior. By their very nature all laws are discriminatory. That's not always a bad thing.
Why do people insist on throwing that word around? Do they actually know its meaning?
From Dictionary.com:
bigot (bg't)
n. One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.
While it may be true that conservatives appear to fit this definition, it is also true that the people on the left who accuse them of it appear to be equally guilty of it, if not more so in some instances.
God wrote the 10 commandments and revealed doctrine, He didn't write the Bible. Men did, and to be more explicit, prophets and apostles did. They wrote down the things they learned from God. What's more, the *device* he uses is much more advanced than a fax machine, a satellite, or any other man-made technology.;)
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The point is that to label someone else a bigot, regardless of what group or views the labeler confesses, says just as much about the person weilding the term as it does the person or group they are objecting to. We often find faults in others that we are not willing to see in ourselves. And haven't you been paying attention to history? Again, regardless of which position you support there are laws that have been passed from each end of the spectrum that others disagree with. Laws are meant to restrict the actions of others. They define what behaviors are acceptable to society. So, to say that trying to inhibit the rights of people by passing a law is incorrect is an argument against the legal system in general. All laws and regulations are meant to restrict behavior. By their very nature all laws are discriminatory. That's not always a bad thing.
Why do people insist on throwing that word around? Do they actually know its meaning? From Dictionary.com: bigot (bg't) n. One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ. While it may be true that conservatives appear to fit this definition, it is also true that the people on the left who accuse them of it appear to be equally guilty of it, if not more so in some instances.
God wrote the 10 commandments and revealed doctrine, He didn't write the Bible. Men did, and to be more explicit, prophets and apostles did. They wrote down the things they learned from God. What's more, the *device* he uses is much more advanced than a fax machine, a satellite, or any other man-made technology. ;)