Is It Possible To Be Bigoted Towards Bigots?

This was something which came up in a forum. A person was espousing his frustration with people being "bigoted" toward people they see as bigots.

I question whether that is technically possible, but understand why the question has to be asked. 

The bigot assumes a couple of things. They believe that their perspective on race is educated by sufficient experience or narrative that it is worthy of being espoused as some level of truth. 

Additionally, they assume that what they see presently as a characteristic or social trait of a group is inherent to that group from birth. This lends itself to wide-sweeping generalizations based upon perceptions and loosely understood "facts."

The nexus of these two errors in thinking is a truncated view of the humanity of any individual they'll encounter of a particular group. This means that they can write off any member of a group, or at least expect them to prove themselves as unlike the perceptions held of that group.

But, like much of what makes contemporary political discourse fraught with ignorance, the bigot fails to understand what factors precipitated what they can see today in any racial group. They also tend to stop short of doing the hard work of interacting with diverse people, who challenge the beliefs they hold simply by existing in the same world as them.

Being "bigoted" toward bigots is not helpful or instructive. Then again, one can question whether that is actually possible. By definition, bigots are not a definable group in any way which is logically comparable to a racial, ethnic, or religious group. Besides, pointing out bigotry is not bigoted, it's more clinical than that. 

However, talking about someone behind their back, although not bigoted, is pointless. If one writes off the person with bigoted ideas then it is essentially like cutting that person off from the same opportunity to grow and learn as we lend to those people we respect. So I can see how it might look like bigotry, even if it's more like shunning.

This makes me think about how intentions matter. There's a place for discernment, but there ought to be no place for discrimination. What separates them? Mostly just the intent of the individual. 

Bigots will never grow and change if they're not treated like humans. Any person who espouses some dislike for flaws in other humans in a way that dehumanizes another human being is essentially becoming that which they despise.