As I see it, bigotry is seeing all "people" of a group as the same, buying into stereotypes, displaying open disdain for an entire race/religion/ethnicity/etc., and taking jabs at anyone who does not share your own POV on the subject.

And, yeah...it's rampant everywhere you look, unfortunately here too.

There's no harm in having another view on a subject so long as you are considering *all* peoples inherent right to basic human dignities. This to include the right to disagree. If the conversation cannot remain civil and respectful, what good are we to anyone?