Racist-ist? Bigot-ophobe?

June 15, 2004 6:32 PM

Is there a term for a person who is prejudiced against racists or bigots? And is the term a non sequitur?
posted by the biscuit man to Writing & Language (22 answers total)

The nearest I could find were here.
The whole list is useful - across-the-board, all-around, all-embracing, all-inclusive, ample, blanket, broad, catholic, collective, comprehending, diffuse, ecumenical, encyclopedic, endless, extensive, far-reaching, generic, global, inclusive, indiscriminate, infinite, limitless, miscellaneous, overall, panoramic, sweeping, total, ubiquitous, unconfined, universal, unlimited, wide, worldwide.
I got to indiscriminate from dictionary.com's definition of the antonyms to bigot.

To my mind, catholic, all-inclusive and all-embracing sum it up. Catholic has a specific religiuos meaning, but equates to universal.
posted by dash_slot- at 6:49 PM on June 15, 2004

Somebody is who pre-disposed (prejudiced) AGAINST people who hate others based on race, gender, ethnicity, etc?

The answer is: Rational. Or Sane. Or Smart.
posted by davidmsc at 6:56 PM on June 15, 2004

Maybe SHARPs? I knew a couple SHARPs secondhand, and they used to talk about finding racist skinheads to beat up.
posted by malphigian at 7:01 PM on June 15, 2004

Humanist? PC Warrior?
posted by scarabic at 7:10 PM on June 15, 2004

Thinker?
posted by interrobang at 7:31 PM on June 15, 2004

Metabigots...

*ducks*
posted by abcde at 7:42 PM on June 15, 2004

I'm so glad I'm just a normal racist.
posted by angry modem at 8:01 PM on June 15, 2004

What about people who hate watching the 100-meter dash? Is there a name for these people?
posted by Kwantsar at 8:18 PM on June 15, 2004

Whatever it is, it's certainly not a non sequitur.

PC Warrior?

"I've been called a greasy thug before... and it never stops hurting."
posted by Johnny Assay at 8:35 PM on June 15, 2004

If we define "bigot" is a broad category containing many different types of people (who may share the bigotry trait alone), and one hates them all uniformly and indiscriminately, then such a person could be considered a bigot as well.

bigot: a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices.
posted by squirrel at 8:46 PM on June 15, 2004

Response by poster: My intent with "non sequitur" was:

Should such a term negate itself and wind up included in it's own definition?
posted by the biscuit man at 8:49 PM on June 15, 2004

Response by poster: Well, I think squirrel found what I was looking for.
posted by the biscuit man at 8:50 PM on June 15, 2004

bigot: a person obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices.

One man's prejudice is another man's opinion.
posted by jmd82 at 8:57 PM on June 15, 2004

the biscuit man: Should such a term negate itself and wind up included in it's own definition?

You might use the word "paradox" and/or "reflexive" in this context, but "non-sequitir" has nothing to do with it.

As for the original question: I propose the word "misamist."
posted by bingo at 9:11 PM on June 15, 2004

I hate bigots and racists, homophobes, etc. It's not prejudice though, because I'm not prejudging. I'm judging them on some pretty compeeling evidence of their lack of worth as human beings.

One man's prejudice is another man's opinion.

yeah. And some 'opinions' led to blacks in chains, gays dead on fences, and jews in camps. Your point?
posted by John Kenneth Fisher at 9:24 PM on June 15, 2004

John Kenneth Fisher: I really hope you don't claim to believe in equality of any sort.
posted by angry modem at 10:02 PM on June 15, 2004

perhaps "non sequitur" is just a non sequitur.
posted by crunchland at 10:18 PM on June 15, 2004

oxymoron, not non-sequitir.
posted by condour75 at 10:38 PM on June 15, 2004

it's not really prejudice, people who are prejudiced against black people, say, might think they are not smart based on the color of their skin. So, they have prejudged them based on an unrelated trait, with limited or no data about the actual trait in question. People who do not like bigots are not "prejudiced", the state of being bigoted is the thing they don't like about you. So if they have adequate information about someone indeed being a bigot, and they don't like them because of that there need not be any prejudging occurring.

"Prejudiced against" is not a synonym for disliking.
posted by rhyax at 10:51 PM on June 15, 2004

rhyax makes my point much less inflammatorily.

John Kenneth Fisher: I really hope you don't claim to believe in equality of any sort.

angry modem: not really sure how to reply to that, yet. Give me an example, I'll be happy to answer.
posted by John Kenneth Fisher at 12:01 AM on June 16, 2004

angry modem: on his comments in this thread, what makes you doubt JKF's commitment to equality?
posted by dash_slot- at 5:52 AM on June 16, 2004

well, I originally dodged the question as, frankly, it seems so obvious that I figured that I must be missing something. Taking a half-assed look back on angry modem's other posts, which seem to be pretty inclusive, I still wonder.

But, having no further response, I'm going to say, yes, I believe in equality across the board, and it seems painfully obvious to me that those who don't are pretty much unblanced.
posted by John Kenneth Fisher at 9:18 AM on June 17, 2004