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Belief is a choice, not fact. It's fair to hate a person for choosing bigotry.
I don't agree that belief is always a choice, in many cases people simply cannot conceive of an alternate position being the case, in my case I have no choice but to be an atheist because I can't believe in a god, I find it far too silly a notion.
bigoted beliefs are of course bad, but I don't think people choose them necessarily
You've proved my point. You're choosing not to believe because it's not fact.
I don't choose to believe facts
That's not what I said. I said you're choosing not to believe things which are not facts.
I'm incapable of choosing what convinces me
You have stated yourself that you are. How unfortunate that you can't see it.
I did not say that at all?