Bigotry

Bigotry is colloquially held to mean the unjustified prejudice or bias against something — commonly against races, genders, sexual orientations, religions, or politics. Technically, however, this differs from the dictionary definition of the term.https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bigotry
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".
In the past, the term "bigot" meant a religious hypocrite, especially a woman.Online Etymology Dictionary
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".when King George visited a command ship and asked what was beyond a curtained compartment, he was politely turned away because, as a sentinel officer later said, "Nobody told me he was a Bigot."
==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 and/or righteous thought, is an inalienable right. When a prejudice crosses over into actions, it denies the rights of others to participate in a free society.
===The paradox of tolerance===
Bigotry is commonly meant as an unjustified prejudice against a group of people, commonly races, genders, sexual orientations, religions, or politics.
However, its dictionary definition is not about intolerance of identity, but intolerance of views and beliefs. Bigotry is defined as "intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself."Oxford Dictionaries Arguably, this definition technically (and ironically) makes it bigoted to say "stop being a bigot." The Cambridge Dictionary avoids this irony by stating a bigot has unreasonable beliefs.Cambridge Dictionary Although, it may then be bigoted to call someone else's beliefs "unreasonable", since a bigot would think their position is the only reasonable one.
Additionally, what is considered a reasonable belief is subjective (e.g. opposition to drug use, infant circumcision, eating meat, animal testing, polygamy, prostitution, and gun control). This creates a paradox of tolerance, where in order to be truly tolerant, one must also tolerate the intolerant.Paradox of tolerance
Philosopher Karl Popper defined the paradox in his 1945 work writing:Popper, Karl, The Open Society and Its Enemies, volume 1, The Spell of Plato, 1945 (Routledge, United Kingdom); ISBN 0-415-29063-5978-0-691-15813-6 (1 volume 2013 Princeton ed.)
Popper concluded that we are warranted in refusing to tolerate intolerance:
==See also==
*Islamophobia
*Discrimination
*Homophobia
*Xenophobia
*Racism
*Transphobia
*Sexism
*Misogyny
*Tolerance
*I'm not prejudiced, but...
==External links==
*How It Feels To Be A Bigot (Archive)
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==References==
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