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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 t

• 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.