Bigotry

Dogmatically judging a person, idea, Institution, technology, or any other creative output by attributes that have no bearing on its content, capabilities, ideas, merits, or choices.

Bigotry substitutes surface-level categorization for genuine Criticism. It evaluates by irrelevant criteria rather than engaging with the substance of what is being judged.

Connections

• •A failure of Criticism — judging by the wrong attributes
• •Related to Anthropocentrism — both involve misattribution of significance
• •Opposes Objective evaluation based on merit
• •Undermines Diversity — by dismissing ideas based on their source
• •A form of dogmatism, which Critical Rationalism opposes
• •Connected to The Pattern — a specific historical instance of bigotry