Do you think there are plenty of bigots in Antifa and BLM? I think there are, especially the latter. All three groups represented came loaded for bear. Given that belief, it is hard for me to understand why the media focused so laser-like on those comments instead of focusing on the violence itself, and the abject failure of Charlottesville law enforcement.
I think anytime you have an us vs them mentality toward a situation, you are engaging in a form of bigotry. The problem with calling Antifa and BLM bigots, is they are being forced into an us vs them situation they would not have chosen on their own, by actual bigots who are choosing to press the issue. Take Black Lives Matter the statement as a for instance. We all know it arose as a protest toward how the justice system is unfairly targeting black communities. Instead of everyone seeing the injustice of the situation, the bigots in the crowd threw up "All lives matter" in response creating an us vs them situation. BLM is not implying all lives do not matter, they are making a case to a specific situation. It was a poster on here who said it best, I can't remember who, whoever it was feel free to chime in and add your two cents. But the gist of what they said boils down to.
If we are all sitting at a table, and dinner is being served. And I take my portion, and others take their portion. And by the time it comes around to you and you get no portion. And you say, I deserve an equal portion. That is fair. But if I respond with, we all deserve an equal portion, and then consider the matter closed without rectifying you getting nothing. That is not fair. And that is what "All lives matter" boils down to. It forces BLM into an us vs them situation, it forces them to defend themselves and attack those who are attacking them. Which gives them the appearance of bigotry, sure. But, when considered in context, they aren't trying to take away from other groups. They only want an equal portion, to which they are entitled. And that isn't bigotry. The only position they are intolerant of, is the one that dismisses them.
It's slightly different with Antifa, because they are intolerant of intolerance in and of itself.
I was recently reading an account of a Charlottesville pastor, a pacifist, who was their protesting that day. He talks about how his mind was changed about Antifa by what he directly witnessed. Him and his congregation were engaging in peaceful protest, when they spotted a group of Nazi's preparing to charge them. Antifa shows up, and prepares to halt that charge. The pastor asks Antifa not to get involved, he doesn't agree with their methods. And Antifa to his surprise backs down, they said they respect his views though they do not agree with them. The Nazi's then charge the line of pacifists and break through, then regroup to do it again. This time Antifa does put themselves in between the Nazis and the pacifist protestors to break that charge.
Now if you caught up with those Antifa members directly after that, and said "I don't agree with what they are saying, but I respect their right to say it." They are going to tell you, you're full of ****. Because Nazis don't care about what anybody says, they don't care if you're pacifist, or how much you respect their rights. If they see you as an obstacle they will hurt you. And that needs to be stopped. Even if it means hurting them. Because you can only watch a group of Nazis charge a group of pacifists one time, before your sense of justice says no more and you feel compelled to step in. And after you step in, you feel the need to keep stepping in, and the need to take initiative to prevent those unwilling to defend themselves on principle from coming to harm. In their minds, it's the job of the pacifists to change hearts and minds, and their job to make sure they aren't silenced before they get the chance. Is that bigotry? In my mind no.