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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.
5 posted on 03/24/2002 7:26:27 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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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.
8 posted on 03/24/2002 7:39:12 PM PST by Cultural Jihad
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
A phobia is also a dislike or aversion.
9 posted on 03/24/2002 7:43:45 PM PST by SMEDLEYBUTLER
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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.

30 posted on 03/24/2002 8:39:35 PM PST by ZULU
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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.

252 posted on 03/25/2002 11:13:25 PM PST by lentulusgracchus
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