I'm a transgender woman. I use the women's bathroom. Should I move to the South? It's not bigoted to call out bigots. It's not bigoted to prefer to live somewhere without bigoted local government.

I disagree that this is a bigoted statement?

The original statement paints an entire region of people as though they all fit one stereotype. It’s just ironic to me that many people who otherwise laud tolerance, open-mindedness, multiculturalism etc. have no problem stereotyping an entire region of the country as “a basket of deplorables,” as if that region is not full of all different kinds of people, just like any place else.

That’s all I’m trying to point out.

bigot (n): a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions