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For our semantics and technicality lover:

 " Bigotry "

Okay,  so the original definition of this word was "To be a religious hypocrite" and first appeared in England around the same time Measure for Measure was written.  Thanks to the hilarity of politics,  it's gotten a much wider meaning over time,  as seen above.

And it's also a favorite word of the OTC,  but here's the question,  has the word been used so much as to lose all meaning?  It's basically means to say "This person is incredibly stubborn and unjustified in his or her position as to not accept views remotely different from his or her own".

Here's the catch,  no one ever thinks "I'm wrong",  even when doing something wrong.  It's usually justified in some sort of manner,  down to stealing the cookie out of the jar.  So let's say you're liberal,  open minded person.  Do you feel even a slight bit of disdain or negative disposition for those who are closed minded about something,  anything?  Congrats,  you're a bigot because you consider your open mindedness superior to their close mindedness and are prejudice for considering that view to be of less value.

In essence,  calling someone a bigot means that you too are a bigot.  That makes me a bigot.  By extension,  calling someone close minded is being close minded yourself.  That similarly makes me close minded.

Thoughts?

Does it remind you of someone.?