Why is it fair to say Conservatives or Christians areBigots?

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OK, I'm not a fan either, in fact I'm bothered that the right has become so associated with Christianity. My question is, why can't people just disagree all they want with Conservatives or Christians, but without being nasty or saying they are bigots? Is that really fair? I wonder, it still seems like it happens to Christians and conservatives more than their "opposites". Yelp, I guess I'm a hateful bigot after all.

And why have the traditionalists lost all relevancy with the masses? Don't they have some good points too? Are people who say bad things about conservatives/Christians closed minded? Do you think conservatives are truly bigots?

It's not fair, lots of people are just flaming hypocrites.

They're bigots when they discriminate against a group or a person based on their sexuality, religion, gender, social status, etc.

Conservatives the majority of the time tend to fit this, and same with evangelical Christians, who don't actually know much about the religion, but that's another story.

Ultimately many of them are. It's not fair to label all Christians or all political conservatives as bigots, but on a number of issues certain elements self-identify as Christians, self-identify as conservatives and display bigotry towards certain groups. Because other self-identified Christians or other self-identified conservatives fail to challenge their bigoted counterparts it's assumed these views are shared by the entire group.

Why is it fair to call a spade a spade?

I'm neither a conservative nor a Christian myself. However, I'd say that it's all about the Narrative. No matter how disastrous the real-world effects of its policies, the Left likes to pretend that it holds the moral high ground. Therefore its enemies, whoever they may be, must be vile, evil, sordid, bigots, Nazis, motivated by hatred of minorities or of the poor.

Anyway it's easier to hang a nasty label on someone than to go to all the trouble of constructing a logical argument against his positions.

I also think this guy may be onto something:

I can tolerate anything except the outgroup. It's long, but worth a read.

Some Christian Conservatives are. Some Christians and Conservative are, but the are not a majority. They are just very vocal.

No, it's never fair to make sweeping generalizations about any group. Unfortunately, the radicals on both the right and left get the most attention, so it's a common occurrence. I've encountered good Christians who live by the message Jesus taught, and I've encountered the repulsive Michele Bachman type of Christian who use the Bible to justify their prejudices. I also know a few conservatives who are atheists.

Generalizing about an entire group is human. But we possess the intelligence to see the destructiveness of that mindset and evolve.

Do you have any suggestions as to how to change the situation? I mean, while I can stop bad-mouthing Christians and Conservatives, there is nothing I've found that seems to get them to at least consider that anyone else's point of view might be at least as valid as their own.