29 Quotes About Bigot

Sometimes it's hard to recognize when you are being a bigot, but it's even harder when you are in denial about it. These 15 quotes about bigotry will help you recognize your prejudices and help you move on from them.

It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot,...
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It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone is arguing is worth being a bigot about. Criss Jami
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Now is not the time for bigots and racists. No time for sexists and homophobes. Now, more than ever, is the time for ARTISTS. It’s time for us to rise above and to create. To show humanity. To spread hope. We must prevent society from destroying itself, from losing its way. Now is the time for love. Kamand Kojouri
When you've grown up mis-educated, surrounded by fear and hate,...
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When you've grown up mis-educated, surrounded by fear and hate, unaware of your privilege, lies can sound like the truth. DaShanne Stokes
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Electing a bigot enables further bigotry. DaShanne Stokes
I've fought for religious freedom and I can tell you...
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I've fought for religious freedom and I can tell you that anti-gay 'religious freedom' bills aren't it. DaShanne Stokes
Today's 'religious freedom' policies should not be seen as a...
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Today's 'religious freedom' policies should not be seen as a problem limited to LGBT people but as a co-optation of religion that affects us all. DaShanne Stokes
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Prejudice is an act of violence. Kamand Kojouri
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The scientist believes in proof without certainty, the bigot in certainty without proof. Ashley Montagu
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Bigotry lives not just in our words, but in our actions, thoughts, and institutions. DaShanne Stokes
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If you'd combat bigotry, use honest language and call things out for what they really are. DaShanne Stokes
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Those who benefit from unearned privilege are too often quick to discount those who don't. DaShanne Stokes
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Bigotry hurts the economy, so the next time you want to blame minorities for your problems, first take a look in the mirror. DaShanne Stokes
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Bigots often like to say they're the ones being hurt as they oppress and hurt others. Never fall for the 'pity the privileged' routine. DaShanne Stokes
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Building bridges takes us further than building walls. DaShanne Stokes
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What does religious freedom mean if we would use it as a cover for hate and privilege? DaShanne Stokes
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I am usually able to tolerate all kinds of victims of indoctrination except those who have been infected with xenophobia, racism, or homophobia. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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There is a difference between criticizing people and criticizing a people's uninformed ideals. That is, unless one defines himself or others by their ideals, then he is offended, and usually offended secretly. Because oddly enough, this person is the same person quickest to resort to dismissive name-calling, such as 'bigot' or 'zealot'. And oddly enough, he is always the one, the 'open-minded' one, who adamantly protests for, not only himself, but others not to listen to any type of scholarly theological truth inherently for the sake of his own personal, moral beliefs. . Criss Jami
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If the Pentateuch is inspired, the civilization of of our day is a mistake and crime. There should be no political liberty. Heresy should be trodden out beneath the bigot's brutal feet. Husbands should divorce their wives at will, and make the mothers of their children houseless and weeping wanderers. Polygamy ought to be practiced; women should become slaves; we should buy the sons and daughters of the heathen and make them bondmen and bondwomen forever. We should sell our own flesh and blood, and have the right to kill our slaves. Men and women should be stoned to death for laboring on the seventh day. 'Mediums, ' such as have familiar spirits, should be burned with fire. Every vestige of mental liberty should be destroyed, and reason's holy torch extinguished in the martyr's blood. Robert G. Ingersoll
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From bigots who hawk their goddoor-to-door, preserve us. A.J. Beirens
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Political correctness’ is a label the privileged often use to distract from their privilege and hate. DaShanne Stokes
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People often call fighting discrimination being 'PC' because they don't want their own unearned privileges challenged. DaShanne Stokes
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There is nothing 'honorable' or 'reasonable' in giving a pass to those who want to discriminate. DaShanne Stokes
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Bigotry and sexism destroy the unity needed for a nation to live. DaShanne Stokes
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Urging an organization to be inclusive is not an attack. It's progress. DaShanne Stokes
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Privilege is when you can afford to sit back and watch as others' rights are trampled upon. DaShanne Stokes
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The sad truth about bigotry is that most bigots either don't realize that they are bigots, or they convince themselves that their bigotry is perfectly justified. Wayne Gerard Trotman
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When we hide discrimination under the guise of 'religious freedom, ' we make a mockery of human rights. DaShanne Stokes
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Beware of anyone who calls you bad names merely for asking honest questions. Jim Goad