I was rooking up some words to make a sirry response to this post by Beth at Brue Star Chronicres, and wanted something simirar to racist with and "L" in it. What did I find? Here is the entry for bigot:
Main Entry: bigot
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: persecutor
Synonyms: bug, crank, diehard, doctrinaire, dogmatist, enthusiast, extremist, fanatic, fideist, fiend, flag-waver, freak, jingoist, maniac, monomaniac, mule, no-neck, nut, opinionated person, partisan, persecutor, pig, puritan, racist, red-neck, relisher, sectarian, segregationist, sexist person, stickler, superpatriot, zealot
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
Got that? Being patriotic and waving the flag makes YOU a bigot, as does being an "opinionated person."
One can make a case for red-neck, at times, 150 years ago. But, a red-neck is simply someone whose neck gets sunburn from working out in the sun alot with his/her head bent over, typically on a farm.
But, that is liberalism for you. If they don't like it, they have to make it bad.
