Tuesday, December 12, 2017

facts & america (... and the "bigot" charge)


the homophobic charge: As per same-sex marriage, (67% in favor, 82% D, 44% R, 71% I) not bad if you ask me,

the xenophobic charge: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: majority of US citizens say illegal immigrants should be deported (of those 38% are Latinos themselves!) Are these Latinos xenophobic?

the pro-gun charge: only 20% of Americans oppose the second amendment, Americans are pro-gun (and ALSO pro gun-control, that needs to be tweaked).

Theism vs. atheism: 69% believe in God, 26% don't. Americans are THEISTS.

The bigot charge: First, the definitions. A bigot is "strongly" partial to his beliefs, (are many of us any different?). Secondly, the definition allows for subtlety; it seems the problem lies in the adverbial modification: "strongly." If I was just partial to my beliefs, presumably that doesn't make me a bigot. But being partial to my beliefs is REDUNDANT! because that's EXACTLY THE VERY DEFINITION OF BELIEF (look at definition #2 in dictionary the link). But having beliefs IS Quite NORMAL. It gets more bizarre: Consider that if you had strong beliefs against the "bigot," that makes you ANOTHER BIGOT! 

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