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Originally posted by Snakeeye@Jun 14 2005, 01:43 PM
Depending on how liberally you apply that definition, everyone can be a bigot.
What makes O'Brien a greater bigot than the normal© man?
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Exactly ...
If a person thinks all gay people are subhuman, inferior, etc than I have a big problem with them.
If a person doesn't believe the definition of marriage should be altered to reflect same sex marriage then I think he's being true to his belief system, and not a bigot at all.
And ... if he believes that his own constituents are largely against something then he's being true to the representative system that Canada supposedly has in place - and would therefore be an actual representative and not a person just blindinly following the party line.
I didn't make much of a fuss for Cadman to go with the Liberals on the nonconfidence vote as he stated his consituents backed it, do you know for certain that O'Brien isn't doing the same?