# Why is 'bigotry' bad?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bigotry-bad/619375>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 20, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bigotry-bad/619375 "2012-04-20T04:32:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bigotry-bad/619375/21 "2012-04-20T18:46:23Z")

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> [@SDMBKL](#):
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> I’m exploring this question in a purely theoretical way.
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> What will happen if bigotry is unstopped and uncontrolled?

Your alien overlords will finally be able to conquer Earth.

Seriously, are you from our planet?

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**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bigotry-bad/619375/22 "2012-04-20T18:58:13Z")

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Bigotry is the tool of the ignorant.

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**Author:** ![SDMBKL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdmbkl/32/7297_2.png) [@SDMBKL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDMBKL)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bigotry-bad/619375/23 "2012-04-20T18:59:10Z")

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> [@Hello\_Again](#):
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> Your alien overlords will finally be able to conquer Earth.
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> Seriously, are you from our planet?

I am from the Planet \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

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**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bigotry-bad/619375/24 "2012-04-20T19:31:57Z")

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> [@Hello\_Again](#):
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> Your alien overlords will finally be able to conquer Earth.
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> Seriously, are you from our planet?

Of course he’s from this planet. Just because he’s a robot from the future trying to understand the ways of humans doesn’t mean you have to be _rude._

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bigotry-bad/619375/25 "2012-04-20T19:47:01Z")

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Seriously? You even have to ask? Look, we barely have any evidence that bigfoots exist. It is just plain stupid to hate them before we even discover they are real.

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