To: Hillary'sMoralVoid
I pretty much agree with the article although I disagree with the mainstream use of the word "homophobia". A -phobia is literally "a persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear". There is nothing abnormal or irrational about being against the practice of homosexuality. The news media insists that there are only 2 kinds of homosexuals: upstanding citizens and victims. I don't believe it.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
The moral-liberals always use Orwellian words: "gay" denotes a miserable person, while "homophobia" denotes a mental illness defined as the belief that the evil of men smearing each other with excrement is morally-wrong.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
A phobia is also a dislike or aversion.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Also, the suffix -phobe is incorrect here. It should be whatever Greek word means loath and hate.
I loath and hate homsexuality, not fear it. So do most "homophobes". One of the reasons I don't watch the Oscars.
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03/24/2002 8:39:35 PM PST by
ZULU
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I pretty much agree with the article although I disagree with the mainstream use of the word "homophobia". A -phobia is literally "a persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear". You are correct. The terms clustered around "homophobe" are actually propagandistic cant with a slander employed as a roorback folded in. Nasty, nasty usage -- and calculatedly so. I agree with you, that conservatives and other rationalists should shun that language as contaminated and defiling.
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