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Re:Having an alter ego can reduce anxiety, benefit confidenc... by gridlockd on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:22PM (#24213063)
So your bigotry is justified because conservatives as a cohort exhibit elevated levels of certain unfavorable attributes?
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Re:Having an alter ego can reduce anxiety, benefit confidenc... by libtarred on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:40PM (#24213338)
If having a problem with callousness and bigotry is in itself bigoted, then yes sure, whatever.
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Re:Having an alter ego can reduce anxiety, benefit confidenc... by gridlockd on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @02:51PM (#24214505)
No, having a problem with republicans as a group just because on average they are more callous or bigoted, that is bigotry.

Suppose that black people are, on average, more homophobic than white people[1]. I have a problem with homophobia and homophobic people, not black people as a group, because I can differentiate between the group and the individual.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophobia_in_ethnic_minority_...

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