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big·ot /ˈbɪgət/ Pronunciation[big-uht]
–noun
a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion.
Describes most of the comments on Salon perfectly. Just because you claim to "love the poor" doesn't mean you aren't a smallminded bigot who hates "everyone else".