Quite often the person who throws out the description Bigot, is a person who holds very strong views which make them equally bigoted. Society is fed a media driven, platform developed view, which people, herd like, follow.
Its a "politically correct stand point" which if challenging, the people doing so are deemed to be a bigots
The power of the platform speaker (remember Hitler) is very evident, if you tune into one of those new age religious programs from America. The man (its usually a man striding the stage) nearly hysterical, boiling over with his message.
The man in the street has little elbow room when confronted by these Goliath's. Over here we have the radio jocks who do a pretty good job of demeaning people who differ, not only from them but also the London centric chattering class.
People have a right to hold views on any subject under the sun but only a few of these viewpoints are allowed to filter through the controls.
Control is what it is all about the need to homogenise (to make the mixture the same throughout) and harmonise the public for its own good, at least its own good in so far as the minority view is concerned. Irrespective of which minority view we are talking about, the view of the masses has always been treated with disdain.
How could the unwashed majority have something worthwhile to say. Keep them working and we will do the thinking !!
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