The last acceptable form of bigotry

[Barretboy]

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I think there is a basis for the atheist to feel a level of superiority, whether founded or not, when they speak about someone with faith.

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Which is by definition, bigotry.

[Thug Bubbles]

No, it's not. Bigotry is intolerance, not superiority. Bigotry against atheists is more acceptable and widespread and that against Christians.

[Case Closed]

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I think there is a basis for the atheist to feel a level of superiority, whether founded or not, when they speak about someone with faith.

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Which is by definition, bigotry.

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That's pretty much true, but does a person holding a bigoted opinion always have to be wrong or evil? It's such a vague definition that it covers so much.

[sightless]

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I think there is a basis for the atheist to feel a level of superiority, whether founded or not, when they speak about someone with faith.

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Which is by definition, bigotry.

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Christians don’t feel superior to anyone?

[RedRover]

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Some people in this thread seem to be using "Catholic" and "Christian" interchangably when there is a huge difference between the two.

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ooh enlightening. I think if anything, it's OP's use of Catholic that's most out of place. It's not like there's a ton of people mocking Catholics but being totally into Methodists.

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Yeah I was mostly talking about the OP, because I'm confused about who he really meant for this thread.

You do hear things targeted specifically at Catholics btw. Maybe this board is too young, but remember that we've only ever elected one Catholic as President and it was a "big deal."

Where I live (the Midwest) there are lots of Catholic schools, but you don't have Baptist or Lutheran or Methodist schools. I think it's like that everywhere else as well.

Think about all the transubstantiation jokes you hear. Catholics are the target of all those since Protestants don't believe in transubstantiation.

Etc etc etc. There is a lot of stuff that, maybe if you aren't religious or haven't been in a Catholic community, you don't realize that it's not targeted against all Christians, just Catholics specifically.

[W brad]

[Lottery Larry]

Of the bigots that I know, Catholics aren't even in the top 5

[AlexM]

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I think there is a basis for the atheist to feel a level of superiority, whether founded or not, when they speak about someone with faith.

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Which is by definition, bigotry.

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That's pretty much true, but does a person holding a bigoted opinion always have to be wrong or evil? It's such a vague definition that it covers so much.

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Nope. The additude most people have towards say child molestors is bigotry. Nothing wrong with that attitude.

[UATrewqaz]

Last night on Conan O'Brien's show, they did the state quarters bit,

the Alabama quarter "Come see our computer!" with a hillbilly in front of a computer

the Mississippi quarter "Not just dumb, MISSISSIPPI dumb!" with an overall wearing rebel flag toting red neck on it

I chuckled and then remembered this thread.

Different forms of bigotry are acceptable in different places, depending on who's a protected class and who complains the most/loudest.

[vhawk01]

Yeah, its still pretty acceptable to make fun of a LOT of people. Rich people, celebrities, fat people, Southerners, people from the Midwest, people from NY, people from CA, Italians, the list goes on.