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To: maui_hawaii; All

A bigot is a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from their own.

Intolerance is the lack of ability or willingness to tolerate something.

In a social or political sense, intolerance is the absence of tolerence.

Just because a person doesn't want to vote for somebody who believes in something they consider to be false, does not make that person a bigot. Nor does it make them intolerant. It makes them an individual who is exercising their free will to use their own God given right to decide for themselves.


45 posted on 12/31/2005 5:39:45 PM PST by Sweetjustusnow (Oust the IslamoCommies here and abroad.)
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To: Sweetjustusnow
Its a fine line my friend.

If someone says, "I won't vote for so and so because he's black/catholic/jewish/etc" whats the difference?

I can't stand Jesse Jackson. He's full of...

That doesn't mean I don't like black people though. It doesn't mean I would not support a good candidate who happens to be black.

With that being said, if someone rules someone out because 'they are Mormon'...odds are they are bigots and intolerant both.

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and waddles like a duck...odds are its a duck.

As far as rights go, they can vote for whomever they want. If they want to rule people out based on religious sect, creed, or color...I have all the right in the world to label the bigot for what he is. So, you see, we both are using our freedoms....

46 posted on 12/31/2005 6:02:00 PM PST by maui_hawaii
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