[OT] Ty Tower needs a fair go.

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Ty Tower wrote:
> what you call bigotry is self preservation. We have been using fear of 
strangers to keep us alive for millions of years.
> It won't change just because you quaintly would like it to. 
> 

While you are correct in that, to be totally correct, bigotry and a fear 
of strangers as self preservation do relate closely and overlap each 
other. In this day and age the word bigotry has a much narrower 
connotation; unfounded, unwarranted detrimental behavior to a group 
based on some demographic property. (If you think that is a pile, I can 
say with confidence you don't live around here.)

I see nothing wrong with noticing that 90% of group X punches you in the 
face when you do Y and acting accordingly. But I don't known of anyone 
(rational) who calls that bigotry.

OTOH the post in question is gratuitous and does *not* fall into the 
domain of rational self preservation. Anyone who says differently is 
selling something.