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A Patriot’s view of the history and direction of our Country

Bigotry, Class Warfare and Tactics of Divisiveness

More Exploitation of America
Bigotry has been, and continues to be, one of the most self-

destructing issues of our Country. Socialism is right up there with it.
I have been categorized, and personally told, that I am a racist

because I voted against a presidential candidate’s character and not
for his race – so as to be part of history in electing the first person of

minority to president. Bullshit. It is bigotry to vote for a person
based on any trait other than their character and only because of

their ethnicity. The same holds true for those that would not vote
for a candidate because of their religious beliefs. This happened in

the 1960’s and early 2000’s. There is no place – for any reason – for
race, religion or sex to be in any candidate or application process.

The concept of ‘to make history’ or ‘they will be the first
__________ in history’, is inappropriate and highly offensive. The

levels of where hypocrisy abound are apparently infinite and
perpetual.

What is bigotry? It is making a person’s own opinions or
preferences greater than another’s due to a real or perceived

difference in a personal trait. The most common form is racism,
which is any detrimental or preferential treatment of a person of

ethnicity or ethnic group because of their race. There is no other
definition – for good or bad, it is to use ethnicity for a purpose.

Period. Voting for or against a person because of ethnicity is racism.

However, voting for or against a person because of their character,
experience or other reason other than a personal trait is not,
regardless of race. Observations have shown that racism only

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