Nahvi

You are arguing on behalf of bigots in bad faith. I have better ways to waste a Sunday evening.

Well at least we can both agree that one of us is arguing on behalf of bigots and in bad faith.

Hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend.

There are plenty of conservative atheists

I have no doubt that there are some conservative atheists, but let's not pretend that they represent anything other than an extreme minority of self-identified conservatives.

Don’t try to co-opt religion just to pretend that your political views are a culture.

I will let Wikipedia do the talking here.

Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values.

the portion you bolded.

The bolded portion was the portion relevant to the conversation, and relevant to Lemmy in general. Even if what you are saying was true and that was all I cared about, it wouldn't mean OC wasn't being bigoted.

I’m glad lemmy is hostile to bigots.

If Lemmy was hostile to all bigots instead of just conservative bigots, someone else would have called out OC as a bigot. After picking my jaw up off the floor, I would have upvoted then moved on.

Stop talking to me.

Cute. You involved yourself in my dialogue, not the other way around. You could have stopped responding at any point.

It is hard being presented with logical reason that disagrees with our emotional beliefs. Look up cognitive dissonance. It might help you reconcile the pain.

If we are going to say that most conservatives are white protestants then yes it sounds like a fair term to use.

Though even if we decide it is the wrong term, calling for the eradication of large parts of the population based on religious, cultural and a political affiliation is still abhorrent.

Guilty as charged or at least close enough.

Like most centrists, many of my views are not really in the center but I think it is necessary in a democracy to find a middle ground between the extremes.

I hate anyone who promotes genocide.

Then we should be on similar sides of this argument.

Does it really needed to be pointed out that Conservatism in the West is based on religious and cultural characteristics? Or are we just going to pretend that most Western conservatives aren't Protestants?

your definition of “bigotry” is selective enough that you only consider people to be bigots if they don’t like bigots

How odd, that doesn't sound anything like what I posted earlier. Not something I wrote mind you, just the first thing that came up when I web-searched "bigot". It is almost like you are making up a fake argument, that is easy to defeat, and then pretending I said something like it. If only there was a name for that sort of thing. S..st...straw.... I will give you hint, it isn't strawberry.

Here is the exact quote I posted earlier:

bigot - bĭg′ət - noun - One who is strongly partial to one’s own group, religion, race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ.

If you are getting something significantly different than that when you look up bigot, you might try using something other than Google; it has a tendency to reinforce one's own biases.

There is a far cry between tolerance without limit and hating anyone that doesn't agree with you. I can give you a hint as to which side you have been arguing for in case you got confused along the way.

Now for your turn. Do you hate leftists that shame your stance by promoting genocide?

I learned at a young age that hating someone is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

I feel the same disdain towards someone who would suggest we eradicate people because of their skin color or ethnic background as I do towards someone that would suggest that we eradicate people because of their political views.

The difference being, I have never encountered anyone in real life or on Lemmy who would openly admit to being a nazi, whereas I have never spent an hour on Lemmy without seeing someone who thinks its okay to unironically say, "kill conservatives" or "eat rich people" receive overwhelming positive votes.

Nice false dichotomy.

I am someone that believes that for a democracy or republic to function that sometimes we have to sit down with people that we rather punch than talk to and find the few things we both agree on.

It is bad enough to marginalize small groups, but any political view that is advocating marginalizing half of society is the real enemy and should be fought against by all free people.