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Were the founding fathers bigots for hating King George?

Were the founding fathers bigots toward King George?

  • Yes

    Votes: 1 6.7%

  • No

    Votes: 14 93.3%
  • Total voters
    15
MrWonka said:
And if your dislike of Republicans is due to the actions of Republicans who elected a fascist piece of **** president would you say that bigot is not the correct word to use in that situation either.



The point here is simply to prove how intellectually dishonest conservatives are. When you call them out for their overt bigotry which is real and literal bigotry they simply try to turn it around and accuse you of bigotry towards them because they apparently don't know what the word means. The analogy of the founding fathers is being used to show how hatred of political opponents is not actual bigotry. Obviously, right-wing turds aren't willing to call the founding fathers bigots because they agreed with them even though they had the same attitude towards King George and Parliment that someone like me has towards Trump and Republicans.
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No I wouldn't. I've disliked both parties at times. I disliked some of what each president has done or tried to do at times and like some of what each president has tried to do. Same holds for Trump. Does that make me a bigot?

What it does in my opinion is make me much less partisan when it comes to political parties. As for history, the colonist liked King George and those in Parliament until they took certain actions they disagreed with. Most colonist were proud to be British subjects until the taxation issue came to the fore.

I really dislike Trump's obnoxious behavior, but have agreed with some of the things he's done and opposed others. Does that make me a bigot. I was very and still am anti-ACA, does that make me a bigot or a racist?

Regardless of what side one is on in a political argument or debate. What party one belongs to or believes in. I think those words racist and bigot are tossed around way too much to a point where they have lost much of their original meaning.
 
MrWonka said:
The point here is simply to prove how intellectually dishonest conservatives are. When you call them out for their overt bigotry which is real and literal bigotry they simply try to turn it around and accuse you of bigotry towards them because they apparently don't know what the word means.

The analogy of the founding fathers is being used to show how hatred of political opponents is not actual bigotry. Obviously, right-wing turds aren't willing to call the founding fathers bigots because they agreed with them even though they had the same attitude towards King George and Parliment that someone like me has towards Trump and Republicans.
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Red:
Well that clarifies things quite a bit.

Truly, when I thought of how to respond to the central question you'd posed, I also wondered to myself "is this another of the forum's conservative members exhibiting the inane literalism to which they are so often given." One can see that thought manifest in my concluding remarks in post 48:

In light of the above, I suppose if one is willing to apply the literal meaning of "bigot" to ideas rather than to the word's more idiomatic object, individuals, one can then consider the Founders bigoted against George III; however, one's diction to that effect is sure to create confusion unless one makes clear that one's remark is made from a literal standpoint and without regard to "bigot's" connotative meaning. Why one would willfully expose one's remarks to ambiguity in interpretation is beyond me -- "bigot's" denotation and connotation are hardly abstruse -- but I guess one who will has his reasons....​

I see now the theme I expressed is consistent with what you aimed to highlight, even though, at the time, I had no idea illustrating as much was part of your rhetorical purpose for this thread.
 
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