# What is considered "acceptable disagreement?"

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**Created:** [June 20, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-acceptable-disagreement/944717 "2021-06-20T23:06:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-considered-acceptable-disagreement/944717/9 "2021-06-22T03:28:05Z")

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> [@Velocity](#):
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> Put simply, how far can one go in disagreeing before one becomes a bigot

We’ve previously debated the definition of bigotry, specifically in [a topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigotry-versus-genuine-religious-belief/921434) _you_ created. IMHO, my determination of bigot v not-a-bigot is totally orthogonal to whether someone disagrees with me.

~Max

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