Is homophobia, bigotry?

ANY PERSON WHO DISLIKES ANY PERSON JUST BECAUSE OF THERE SEXUALITY IS A BIGGOT IN MY EYES AS AT THE END OF THE DAY I BELIEVE YOU ARE BORN WITH HOMOSEXUALITY,SO ANY ONE WHO DISCRIMANATES AGAINST ANY ONE JUST BECAUSE OF THERE GENDER IS A BIGGOT IN MY EYES……………..

TAM

i have a dislike of frizzy ginger hair…. its just a personal thing. i wouldnt want to push that opinion on others cos it is just mine.

i dont think a bigot is the same as homeophobic.

i have a few gay friends (male and female) and two lesbian cousins (not with each other!) and a gay nephew. i love them all too bits.

i dont mind people who have a dislike of gays. i hate people who want to kill them mind you. its a personal opinion.

i dont like bigots and i think we all know who bigots are lol!! (the opposite of people who preach in their favour, who i dont like equally as much!)

let us all make our own choices about who we like and dont like, and on an individual basis.

dont tar everybody with the same brush. :evil:

@emmalush wrote:

@pikey wrote:

Emma, you yourself defined a bigot as a person who is prejudiced in their views and intolerant of the opinions of others. Not or, and. Therefore you can be unfairly prejudiced towards spiders, squashing those that mean you no harm, pulling the legs off others because you mistakenly think they deserve it etc., but you can’t be bigoted about it since arachnids don’t have opinions of their own to be intolerant of and, according to your definition, a bigot needs to be both prejudiced and intolerant of another set of views.

Hope this clears it up for you.

Do you not think that a spider has an opinion. How do they decide which leg to move first? Do they have an opinion of which to make decisions…

prejudice • noun 1 preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or experience. 2 unjust behaviour formed on such a basis. 3 chiefly Law harm that may result from some action or judgement.
A spider will catch their prey through a prejudiced view of another insect, in the form of a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason, with unjust behaviour formed on such a basis.

If homophobia is bigotry, people who are scared of spiders are bigots. Its fact, English dictionary language FACT, the language WE ALL speak.

Complete bollox- also the language we all speak

@emmalush wrote:

@tam1969 wrote:

ANY PERSON WHO DISLIKES ANY PERSON JUST BECAUSE OF THERE SEXUALITY IS A BIGGOT IN MY EYES AS AT THE END OF THE DAY I BELIEVE YOU ARE BORN WITH HOMOSEXUALITY,SO ANY ONE WHO DISCRIMANATES AGAINST ANY ONE JUST BECAUSE OF THERE GENDER IS A BIGGOT IN MY EYES……………..

TAM

Does it only mean to people of a sexual preference, or does it mean of a dislike of anything?

Are homosexuals bigoted for disliking hetrosexuals and bi-sexuals?

evenin emma xx i really think u r on a hidin to nothing on this one. u r just trying to be deliberately controversial lol bigotry is a personal deliberate act…… its a dislike of anything that doesnt resemble ‘normal’ in their word fgs lol. fear of spiders etc is a totally different thing this is a phobia ,, bigotry has a totally different meaning to phobia lol
phobia is something a person cant readily control bigotry on the other hand i believe is something u can ……….
xxx

talking about spiders really undermines your posts em. i know what you are trying to do hun, but its not about dictionary definitions… its about human nature.

my hubby doesnt like foreigners, and is sick and tired of the amount in this country and sits in his armchair moaning at the tv about it.

but he has loads of foreign friends!! lots of black friends too!!

if you HATE spiders you HATE spiders and that is that.

he, in no way feels like that enough about any human being to suddenly want to out all the ones he has a dislike to (ie. the strangers) :wink: