You work with blind, disabled children, who may be of a differant ethnicity than you, but then go online and say hate filled things about people of other religions?
Just curious.
2007-01-21 15:34:42 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jimfix, I think they are both bigots and cowards, really.
2007-01-21 15:40:04 · update #1
It All Matters.~☺♥, I'm not referring to myself in this question. Just someone I know.
2007-01-21 15:46:53 · update #2
If you go online and say hate filled things about people (period) you are a bigot regardless of your "profession".
2007-01-21 15:38:49 · answer #1 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I know the person to whom you are referring, and I know him well enough to state with complete confidence that you are wrong about him. I don't know what bad blood flows between the two of you, I only know that it exists. He does indeed work with blind, severely disabled children. It's not something everyone could do, but he has a wonderful heart and he gives to the kids some of the beauty within him.
You feel that he is bigoted, and I won't argue that. As I've stated, I don't know the exchanges you two have had, so I have nothing to base an argument on. But I can say this...I know what is in his life today, and in his past, that may give rise to being a little less than accepting of everyone. His ancestry includes genocide, and I'm most certain it plays a part in his beliefs. How could it not? I doubt the Jews would ever embrace anything in Hitler's legacy, so the person to whom you refer can be forgiven for not embracing every religion equally.
You are young, and although you think you know a lot about life, you really know very little. Life's knowledge and wisdom can't be bought at a university and declared through credits and degrees. It has to be earned through blood, sweat, and tears, all of which figures prominently in his background.
If you want to make bold statements such as the one you've just made you've got every right. No one will stop you. But you need to examine all possibilities before reaching conclusions, and that is something that you haven't done.
2007-01-22 01:21:58 · answer #2 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Here is how Websters 1828 dictionary defines the word "bigot".
1. A person who is obstinately and unreasonably wedded to a particular religious creed, opinion, practice or ritual. The word is sometimes used in an enlarged sense, for a person who is illiberally attached to any opinion, or system of belief; as a bigot to the Mohammedan religion; a bigot to a form of government.
So I would have to say that the answer to your question is "yes".
2007-01-21 15:53:05 · answer #3 · answered by Martin S 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I wonder if anyone thinks of themselves as a bigot? We all carry maps around in our heads: we then sift our experiences to fit those maps.
My father said horribly bigotted things about other religions and ethnicities, but he was always making exceptions. I called him on it, but he was staunch in his prejudices. I think he learned them from his father as a child. I haven't the foggiest why. Dad would do things for all sorts of folks as individuals but had these classifications in his head.
I find myself sometimes saying unkind things about some religions. I do my best to stop that. It does not help things. I know some very nice fundamentalist Christians, some lovely Buddhists, and a couple of really wonderful Mormons. I must admit I don't personally know any Scientologists.
See? Travel and experience are the best forces for breaking down prejudice and hatred. Well, that and Masonic belief that all folks have part of the truth.
Peace,
A Master Mason trying to live up his beliefs
2007-01-21 15:46:04 · answer #4 · answered by NeoArt 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yep
That says just one thing:
person in question is a double faced coward who cant open up his real thoughts daily for the fear of losing his job
working with blind disabled children demands a LOT of understanding...most people, have that understanding inherently, as a part of their personality, and are positive individuals who have better things to do than to come home and go hateful on people they dont know online
phew
the thought of that made me mad ^^
2007-01-21 15:43:06 · answer #5 · answered by Antares 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just because you aren't racially prejudiced doesn't preclude you from being religiously bigoted. Many people profess to like blacks while hating jews. Hatreds and prejudices may be selective or very broad based. Also, many people perform jobs they find hateful or distasteful because that's what is available for them. Just because they take care of someone doesn't mean they love them or even that they don't actually despise them.
2007-01-21 15:48:13 · answer #6 · answered by mustanger 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To me, yes that would still make you a bigot. When you live the life of someone loving, it should be your whole life. You can't go out and help children then come home and spread filth. It doesn't work that way.
2007-01-21 15:40:18 · answer #7 · answered by The Pope 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
People who go on line and say hateful things are not bigots. They are cowards. They would never say it to a persons face and the anonymity of the internet allows them to as tough as they like to think they are.
2007-01-21 15:38:43 · answer #8 · answered by Jimfix 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
judging ANYONE you don't know is predjudice, regardless of whether it's because of race, class, religion, sexual orientation, etc. However, i think it's great if you work with blind,disabled children, but you shouldn't hate people just because they believe differently than you. Doesn't nessessarily mean you have to LIKE them, but maybe you could try tolorance...
2007-01-21 15:41:54 · answer #9 · answered by Miss Understood 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well just because someone works at a job with challenged kids, does not mean the person couldn't also be a member of some hate group in his/her non-working hours.
2007-01-21 15:39:10 · answer #10 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋