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Originally Posted by marki
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Now there wouldn't be any bigots around here in this enlightened group surely, especially no one who would cast such a slur upon others attempting to offer a different point of view. Hmmm perhaps a case of pot kettle black? I will be back in 12 months to read how you all got on  . |
As it was me that first used the term bigot in this thread I feel that the situation should be clarified. It was used with reference to a couple of opinions expressed which were of the form "Gay couples shouldn't be allowed to have children, because, for no other reason than they are Gay".
I found this opinion offensive, and, IMHO (and others) it was a display of bigotry. I'm not sure how pointing out that I saw the opinion expressed offensive should count as hypocrisy (pots and kettles comments), at no stage did I try to stop the poster from expressing their views, I merely pointed out that they were unacceptable to many people on the forum and would be challenged.
At no stage did I used the term to describe Craig's comments, in fact I only once replied to a post from Craig, and that was with pictures of guys in kilts and makeup from Braveheart, I'm sure no-one took it seriously.
Once the subject shifted towards the gun debate I turned off. I have little interest in the topic.
Cheers
Stuart