Stereotypes allow for people to feel like they can safely vent hate because stereotypes are based on things that are sometimes true.  The inherent result is that bigotry leads to the belief that the stereotypes are always true.  People of a specific race, group, or sexual identity may at times exhibit a common set of behaviors.  Just because all of these things can be true does mean they are always true.

Ever since John McCain got mugged by George Bush in the 2000 Republican primary, he hasn’t been the same man. What the Viet Cong weren’t…