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Subject:	Re: 3. What exactly is bigotry? More definitions. Trolling admitted.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 10 Mar 2000 23:11:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes: > > They're the proverbial exceptions that prove the rule? > > Erm, which rule? There's an old phrase -- "That's the exception that proves the rule." Example: "All tough cops have moustaches." "All?" "Yeah, all. Well, except for this one cop I talked to once -- he didn't have a moustache... But all the others do!" "He was the exception to prove the rule, huh?" Another example: "All blonde chicks are airheads." "Oh really. ALL of them?" "Yeah, all of 'em. Well, except this one chick I dated once. She was pretty smart, actually. But all the rest are stupid." "She was the exception which proved the rule, huh?" The "rule" being referred to or implied is a fallacy, a stereotype. --Todd

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		Re: 3. What exactly is bigotry? More definitions. Trolling admitted.
(...) [snip examples of stereotyping] (...) I thought that old saying came from English grammar, where every rule has any number of exceptions. The exceptions don't invalidate the rule, they're just exceptions. Personally, I think the 'old phrase' (...) (25 years ago, 13-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: 3. What exactly is bigotry? More definitions. Trolling admitted.
(...) Erm, which rule? I used the example of how I feel towards Muslims as an example of my typical reaction. As a rule, I try very hard to not judge people based upon categories. My feelings towards homosexuality is an exception, caused by a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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