Labels can apply to anyone but they don’t show you what the person is like for being themselves, who is the person beyond those labels

  • x4740N@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    8 months ago

    They are widely accepted and often broad enough that they can easily be turned against their intended purpose.

    I understand that can happen, racists and bigots like to take whatever they can and twist its meaning and I don’t intend to mean anything negative with my post

    A bigot is still a bigot even if they don’t like to call themself one and everyone can see that they are a bigot with their childish bigoted attitudes

    • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Not everyone can see whether someone else is a bigot or not. Especially with things that are culturally ingrained or relatively obscure.

      There’s a difference between someone who makes a mistake but is willing to learn from it and those that make a mistake but aren’t willing to accept it.