Please read through this entire document before forming an opinion on my views on this issue. Most people would say to treat bigots with disrespect, but I think that it's better to ask them why they feel that they have bigoted views. We should have intellectual discussions with an open mind to consider all viewpoints so that we can understand how we can get along better.
I'm not saying it's gonna be easy, I'm not saying it's gonna be a walk in the park, in fact it's a hard thing to do. But if someone hates a certain group of people, we need to ask them why? We need to listen to their reasoning and convince them with logic, not insults or emotionally charged statements. And while we listen to the vies of bigots, we can also use that as an opportunity to find out why people are becoming bigoted, to find out what's being done wrong to determine why people are getting illogical ideas and how we can change the way we act so that we can get along better without compromising our principles.
I'm not saying I could do it, I probably couldn't, but I think that's what needs to be done.
So in conclusion, to deal with bigotry, everyone calm down and talk and listen.
P.S. You don't have to be politically correct in your discussions for it to work; that's just gonna make it harder to figure out how to word your statements.
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