Jiro comments on "3 Reasons It’s Irrational to Demand ‘Rationalism’ in Social Justice Activism" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jiro 01 April 2016 05:36:49AM -1 points [-]

Ok, define "bigotry",

Negative beliefs about a group of people based on weak evidence, and actions that derive from such beliefs, particularly when the group is defined by a characteristic that is difficult or impossible to change.

also explain why "bigotry" as you just defined it is a bad thing.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Claims that are similar to ones that have been proven false in the past and have led to lots of human misery count as extraordinary for these purposes.

Comment author: Lamp2 07 April 2016 07:10:12AM 1 point [-]

Negative beliefs about a group of people based on weak evidence,

And then you use this as an excuse to ignore any negative evidence.