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Civic Bigotry

The prejudice, dehumanization, or unjust treatment of individuals based solely on their lawful civic participation; such as voting choices, political affiliation, or political expression, rather than their character or actions.
“Refusing to work with someone just because of their vote is civic bigotry.”
by A. M. Calder January 4, 2026
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young minded bigotry

When a little boy tries to insult a Jewish person by calling them a "Bacon Burger", because their young dumb mind thought it was an insult at their Koscher diet.
Adolescent: "Screw you Ben! You damn Bacon Burger!"

Ben Shapiro: "Um actually, in spite of your young minded bigotry, that is not an insult you bufoon."
by WrangledTangler May 22, 2023
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Schrödinger’s Bigot

An individual who is either trying to be funny or trying to be offensive, depending on the reaction of the audience.

“Until the reaction of the listener is observed, the joke was simultaneously offensive and just a joke”
Friend 1: “Hey did you hear Jake’s latest line?”
Friend 2: “I can never tell if he’s being serious or not
Friend 1: “He’s a real Schrödinger’s Bigot”
by NugTheSped June 9, 2024
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Anti-Pseudoscience Bigotry

A rigid, ideological stance that conflates scientific methodology with the current institutional consensus, treating any challenge to the latter as heresy against the former. It's the belief that science is a monolithic repository of Final Truths rather than a fallible, ongoing process. This bigotry manifests as automatically venerating "official" sources while dismissing all heterodox thinkers, regardless of evidence or argument. It fails to recognize that many revolutionary ideas (germ theory, plate tectonics) began as "pseudoscience" outside the consensus, and that skepticism of institutional authority is sometimes warranted.
Example: A researcher presents preliminary but methodologically sound data suggesting a non-standard mechanism for a well-understood phenomenon. Instead of evaluating the work, established figures immediately brand it "pathological science" and blacklist the researcher from journals. They cite the "overwhelming consensus" as proof the new work must be wrong, committing the appeal-to-authority fallacy. This bigotry protects orthodoxy but stifles the corrective, revolutionary potential that is essential to science's long-term health. Anti-Pseudoscience Bigotry.
by Dumuabzu January 25, 2026
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