# Ambivalid

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid/737174>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 10, 2015, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid/737174 "2015-11-10T08:33:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambivalid/737174/111 "2015-11-10T22:40:57Z")

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> [@iiandyiiii](#):
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> It’s probably a pretty minor form of bigotry, but I think it qualifies. It’s prejudging someone, in a negative way (by assuming that they can’t take care of themselves), based on some physical characteristic.

Everyone prejudges, but not everything is bigotry.

Disparaging people? Refusing service? Bigotry.

Assuming someone might need help? Not bigotry.

What about the old-fashioned “Boy Scout helps little old lady across the street” story? Is the Boy Scout bigoted for assuming she needs help? If a man holds a door open for a lady, is he “bigoted”, since he might be assuming she can’t do it herself?

Of course not.

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