> I think the original comment was unnecessary and certainly bigoted, but I would need more to say racism

Do you think racism is worse than bigotry? Why? I understand that the first word has a more emotional charge in our times. But as far as "bad things to do" go they're equal in gravity. Racism is just a subset of bigotry.

> These are _not_ all equally bad

Why not?

> Prejudice is foundational to understanding

That's one definition of the word - "judging without knowing the facts".

But there's another definition - "an irrational hostile attitude, fear, or hatred towards a particular group, race, or religion" - which was the one we are operating with in this thread.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prejudice#English

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