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Bigotry is a byproduct of stupidity, so it’s not surprising that there will always be a percentage of people who discriminate for stupid reasons. No matter how much education and guidance you provide to people, there will always be dummies in the herd.
Bigotry is a byproduct of ignorance and ignorance is usually solveable.
With violence? Please let violence be the answer for once.
Speaking of ignorance...
"for once" should have been your clue that it was a joke as in 'violence is never the answer'.
I stand corrected
Attributing things to "stupidity" is a defense mechanism we use to make ourselves feel better. It is not a model with predictive power and it doesn't tell you how to solve the situation. It's a way of making it feel like something that can't and won't affect you. It's a way of distancing and minimizing a problem.
You may be right and I am just attempting to cling to an idealistic view of humanity where no one is actually evil, but all have “good” intentions at heart. I could be swayed, I suppose, that bigotry is a product of evil intentions mixed with inherent malevolence.