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From my context: I’ve often heard it used to mean things other than racist, but it always carries a very strong, intentionally hurtful connotation.

badcppdev 3y ago
An "intentionally hurtful connotation" or an intentional condemnation. The difference from my point of view is that the intent of using the word bigot is not to hurt but instead to judge and condemn.
- Waterluvian 3y ago
  Yeah I hear you. Condemnation is so often realized by being hurtful, so I think in my context it’s usually both.
  - rsynnott 3y ago
    It's a difference of intent. Quite frankly, when I refer to someone as a bigot, I couldn't care less whether they find it hurtful or not; I do absolutely intend to condemn them, though.
AnimalMuppet 3y ago
Hmm. I have several times described myself as a "keyboard bigot". That is, I have very strong opinions about what is and is not a good keyboard, and a very strong dislike of bad ones. I'm questioning whether I should say that now, based on your comment. Could you explain a bit more about what you mean by "intentionally hurtful"? Specifically, intentionally hurtful of whom?
- Waterluvian 3y ago
  I’m afraid to because I mean specifically in my context and I don’t want to inadvertently police how you communicate. You may not live where I do and the word can hold a different connotation as demonstrated by the original commenter pointing out that bigot was not originally about racism.
  - AnimalMuppet 3y ago
    Well, did you mean that a bigot is someone who is intentionally hurtful? Or did you mean that calling someone a bigot is intentionally hurtful? If you meant the second, then I'm condemning myself for being too opinionated, which is probably something I can get away with...
    - Waterluvian 3y ago
      I mean that in my neck of the woods, when people say someone is bigoted or is a bigot, it isn’t always about racism, but it’s almost always aggressive. If I said “oh he’s a keyboard bigot” in this context, I would be attempting to be insulting and harmful towards you. If you said “oh I’m just a keyboard bigot” it comes off as lighter but my context has me tilting my head in curiosity. It wouldn’t have been a word I’d expect someone to call themselves. I’d sooner expect “keyboardphile” “keyboard zealot” “keyboard maniac” Again, language is weirdly varied like that. I’m not suggesting any of this is some universal rule.

badcppdev 3y ago

An "intentionally hurtful connotation" or an intentional condemnation. The difference from my point of view is that the intent of using the word bigot is not to hurt but instead to judge and condemn.

Waterluvian 3y ago
Yeah I hear you. Condemnation is so often realized by being hurtful, so I think in my context it’s usually both.
- rsynnott 3y ago
  It's a difference of intent. Quite frankly, when I refer to someone as a bigot, I couldn't care less whether they find it hurtful or not; I do absolutely intend to condemn them, though.

AnimalMuppet 3y ago

Hmm. I have several times described myself as a "keyboard bigot". That is, I have very strong opinions about what is and is not a good keyboard, and a very strong dislike of bad ones. I'm questioning whether I should say that now, based on your comment. Could you explain a bit more about what you mean by "intentionally hurtful"? Specifically, intentionally hurtful of whom?

Waterluvian 3y ago
I’m afraid to because I mean specifically in my context and I don’t want to inadvertently police how you communicate. You may not live where I do and the word can hold a different connotation as demonstrated by the original commenter pointing out that bigot was not originally about racism.
- AnimalMuppet 3y ago
  Well, did you mean that a bigot is someone who is intentionally hurtful? Or did you mean that calling someone a bigot is intentionally hurtful? If you meant the second, then I'm condemning myself for being too opinionated, which is probably something I can get away with...
  - Waterluvian 3y ago
    I mean that in my neck of the woods, when people say someone is bigoted or is a bigot, it isn’t always about racism, but it’s almost always aggressive. If I said “oh he’s a keyboard bigot” in this context, I would be attempting to be insulting and harmful towards you. If you said “oh I’m just a keyboard bigot” it comes off as lighter but my context has me tilting my head in curiosity. It wouldn’t have been a word I’d expect someone to call themselves. I’d sooner expect “keyboardphile” “keyboard zealot” “keyboard maniac” Again, language is weirdly varied like that. I’m not suggesting any of this is some universal rule.