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How To Handle Bigots Without Saying A Word

Absolutely perfect.
Ed Mazza
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Overnight Editor, HuffPost

Sometimes, the best way to handle bigots is to do it without saying a single word.

Dean Paton joined a group protesting at a gay pride parade in Chester, England, on Saturday with a sign of his own. But instead of threatening fire and brimstone, his sign pointed out that homophobes are statistically more likely to be gay themselves.

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And while the bigots' signs referenced Bible passages, Paton's including a scientific citation, referring to a 1996 study that found homophobes are more likely to be aroused by gay porn.

Check it out in the clip above.

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When he's not shutting down bigots, Paton serves as the founder of Big Heritage, where he works to help make "archaeology accessible to people from deprived socio-economic areas."

(h/t Towleroad)

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