@JoyfulHeart it is also modeling behavior that they might not have been exposed to either.
@CharlesThePoet "...willfully proud ignorance (which always seems to skip hand in hand with bigotry and cowardice) is to be challenged, vanquished, and soundly mocked at all opportunities."
If only I was able to control the emotions that rise during such attempts, I may be more inclined to do so more often. As it is though, I have to be selective in the engagements I enter into, be careful with my word choices, and be ready for the consequences that follow. Because if not, I tend to get confrontational and my communications become abrupt, matter of fact and harsh. All of which are ultimately ineffective in educating another or in persuading them to shift their point of view or change their ways.
There's plenty of evidence within the forums of my 'going off' on someone, and point to parts of my being I'm working to change. My emotions being in control, especially when confronting another's behavior I believe has crossed a line, isn't how I want to be. I'm not proud of the ways I've handled myself in those threads and I hope to not repeat.
All a long way of saying, if I'm not confident in my ability to stay within a reasonably grounded state for the challenge, I need to allow for someone better prepared to take it up. Otherwise, I'll be the one drawing focus for correction, possibly from others and almost certainly from myself. A lofty goal, but a goal nonetheless.
@JoyfulHeart ~ What a lovely being you are!! 🥰
@quixotic_life 😘 You're too kind!
I looked up “bigotry” and the definition included “unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction; in particular, prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular group”
So if the prejudice is based on being unreasonable, then I can’t see when bigotry is ever justified.