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 Bigot, n.: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
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Very true!
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Not true 
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Opinion can lead to untrue. Too bad, some people can't see that.
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I sense a note of irony. I think that this is a perverse sentence, and certainly untrue one. If I don't like/support/entertain an opinion it does not mean that its persistent and fervent eulogist is a bigot, a hypocrite. Let's just say that there's a deep difference of opinion between us, and distinctions in understanding given matter.
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You know he was being sarcastic, right?
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Babezy wrote:You know he was being sarcastic, right? Yes, that is why I wrote that I sense a note of irony in that perverse, sarcastic sentence. :)
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But in a way, the way people throw their insults so lightly, it could definitely mean that.
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I enjoy the satire in the definitions provided by Ambrose Bierce. Here are a few more of his wise and humorous definitions.
Egotist: A person…more interested in himself than in me.
Cabbage: A…vegetable about as large and wise as a man’s head.
Enough: Definition of “Once.”
Lawsuit: A machine you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.
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redsxz wrote:But in a way, the way people throw their insults so lightly, it could definitely mean that. I can agree it could mean that in a quite twisted way. People usually insult/judge each other so lightly and quickly, trying to diminish/underestimate their opponent's opinion by voicing that one must be blind not to see the obvious (in this case, it could be a statement expressed by one side of that discussion). On the other side, most of fervent conversations usually end up with that kind of "agreement": OK, our views are different, and we can't accept the adversary's version as a true one, because it is against our beliefs/convictions and everyone goes his/her own way again. ;-) And that way we made a full circle around this quote. ;-)
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MarySM, thanks for A. Bierce's definitions. I enjoyed reading them. 
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This 'misuse' is common in politics today and is used to discredit the opposition.
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