History Main / BigotVsBigot

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' has Hayley and Stan. Sometimes resolutions will come when it's time to toss out [[MoralOfTheStory a moral]] (or BrokenAesop, whichever is closer to plot).

** The UK edition during its Channel 4 era did this on a regular basis, often putting in clashing housemates back to back from each other (Such as Series 5 putting in a immigrant Muslim housemate who proclaimed how he hated gay men, immediately followed by a very camp gay man. Also see Celebrity Big Brother 4 and putting in the loud and misogynistic John McCririck next to outspoken radical feminist Germaine Greer)

* In recent decades, cable news shows have been increasingly hosting loudly ranting panelists with inflammatory views. They're the kind of people who would ''never'' have been allowed on the air on the major networks in the past, even during the Fairness Doctrine era, especially if these loud guests hold views opposite to most viewers or to the news program itself (if said program has a sociopolitical agenda). At its worst, this setup leads to the "discussion" devolving into a shouting match or even name-calling, giving the lie to the notion that the program is merely "being fair and allowing all views to be expressed." An arguable low point was when Michelle Malkin, guest-hosting ''Series/TheOReillyFactor'', brought some loud-mouthed members of the New Black Panther Party on as guests, apparently just to see what would happen. Malkin and the Panther spokesman ended up calling each other whores.

** Another subversion: misandrist radical feminists and misogynist "family values" Christians sometimes [[EnemyMine work together]] when trying to oppose pornography, sex work, and especially the transgender community.

** Another subversion: radical feminists and "family values" Christians sometimes [[EnemyMine work together]] when trying to oppose pornography, sex work, and/or the transgender community.
** Yet another. Radical environmentalists and reactionaries/traditional nationalists often share the goal of anti-globalism, the former to protect nature from human exploitation and pollution, the latter to protect their beloved homeland from pollution and immigration, to restore it to their idyllic vision.

** Brilliantly spoofed in a memorable parody [[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/93/93breal.phtml sketch]], where they depicted ''The Real World'' cast as including an Oklahoman who hated the Irish, an Irishman who hated black Londoners, a black Londoner who hated American black women, a black American woman who hated Italians, an Italian who hated white trash, a white trash girl who hated Eskimos, an Eskimo who hated lesbians, and a lesbian.

* In recent decades, cable news shows have been increasingly hosting loudly ranting panelists with inflammatory views. They're the kind of people who would ''never'' have been allowed on the air on the major networks in the past, even during the Fairness Doctrine era especially if these loud guests hold views opposite to most viewers or to the news program itself (if said program has a sociopolitical agenda). At its worst, this setup leads to the "discussion" devolving into a shouting match or even name-calling, giving the lie to the notion that the program is merely "being fair and allowing all views to be expressed." An arguable low point was when Michelle Malkin, guest-hosting ''Series/TheOReillyFactor'', brought some loud-mouthed members of the New Black Panther Party on as guests, apparently just to see what would happen. Malkin and the Panther spokesman ended up calling each other whores.

* A real life example happened in 2011 when the Westboro Baptist Church, known for their anti-homosexuality protests aimed at pretty much everything decided to picket outside Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. The counter-protestors they faced? '''[[https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/139987 The Ku Klux Klan]].'''

[[folder: Non-Scripted Television]]

* Frequently seen in ''The Dr. Phil House'', providing further evidence that ''[[Series/DoctorPhil Dr. Phil]]'' has morphed from a TalkShow into a {{Reality Show}} in all but name.

* A curious case happened on ''Gran Hermano'', the Spanish version of ''Series/BigBrother''. They brought a white transgender person and a black Muslim as [[TokenMinority Token Minorities]] without knowing (or so they say) that the {{transgender}} person was racist and the Muslim transphobic.

** Another subversion: radical feminists and "family values" Christians sometimes [[EnemyMine work together]] when trying to oppose pornography, sex work, and/or the {{transgender}} community.

This fighting will be completely pointless, of course, since both sides will be far too narrow-minded to even consider the other side's arguments. Both sides will also be too stubborn to see this, or the fact that they're NotSoDifferent (this can overlap with TheHorseshoeEffect). Their issues with each other may be inexplicably resolved when the show ends with the Apology Scene. (Interesting how they only decide to apologize when the show's about to end, though ManipulativeEditing might have a hand in that.)

* In ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', bigoted white guy Archie Bunker got a new neighbor in the form of George Jefferson (who would later star in the SpinOff ''Series/TheJeffersons'') who is a bigoted black guy who couldn't stand whitey. Both men had the [[NotSoDifferent same repulsed reaction]] upon meeting the interracial (white man, black woman) parents of Jenny, George's soon-to-be daughter-in-law, leading them to commiserate "What's the world coming to?"

** Brilliantly spoofed in a memorable parody [[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/93/93breal.phtml sketch]], where they depicted ''The Real World'' cast as including an Oklahoman who hated the Irish, an Irishman who hated black Londoners, a Black Londoner who hated American black women, a black American woman who hated Italians, an Italian who hated white trash, a white trash girl who hates Eskimos, an Eskimo who hated lesbians, and a lesbian.

** Another subversion: radical feminists and "family values" Christians sometimes work together when trying to oppose pornography, sex work, and/or the {{transgender}} community.