Bigotry

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You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.
—Anne Lamott

Bigotry is an unjustified prejudice against a group of people, commonly races, genders, sexual orientations, religions, or politics.

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[edit] Demagoguery

Bigotry in its various shades is often exploited by politicians, as in Richard Nixon's "Southern Strategy", and Karl Rove's strategic approach to forming a "permanent Republican majority".

[edit] Bigotry vs. prejudice

The connotations of bigotry tends to be stronger (and uglier) than mere prejudice, since it usually involves behaviour resulting from such prejudices. Simply disliking some group or belief in and of itself is a free, private point of view, and even though it may be crippling to clear thought, is an inalienable right. When a prejudice crosses over into actions, it denies the rights of others to participate in a free society.

[edit] Historical usage

In the past, bigot meant a religious hypocrite, especially a woman.[1]

Prior to the Allied assault on the beaches of Normandy in WWII, "bigot" was a "classification higher than Top Secret that was used for all Overlord material." The individuals who had been briefed on the details of the operation were said to have been "bigoted."[2]

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