Posted on 06/10/2013 9:40:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Why is it called ‘homophobia’ anyway. Does anyone really think people have an irrational fear of homosexuals?
I prefer the term homophatic. I think it fits with the true dynamic. Some people are repelled by homosexual activity, and would prefer to be not faced with it.
That whole expression — “Not that there’s anything wrong with that” — is moral cowardice. There IS something most definitely “wrong with that,” and denying it confesses your fear of being condemned for speaking the truth.
Clinically speaking most anti-homosexual people do not have an irrational fear of homosexuals. I would liken the fear to that of socialism. Progressives and queers love to misuse and redefine words ... just something else to be afraid, since it is, in part, destroying our American culture.
A phobia (from the Greek: φόβος, Phóbos, meaning "fear" or "morbid fear") is, when used in the context of clinical psychology, a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often being recognized as irrational. In the event the phobia cannot be avoided entirely, the sufferer will endure the situation or object with marked distress and significant interference in social or occupational activities. - Wikipedia.
In an abusive relationship the abuser keeps the victim off guard by continually changing the rules. It’s all about control. The gay agenda folks keep changing the definition to keep the issue (about which 95% are truly don’t-cares) in our face. People will be uncertain and go out of their way to appease the abuser.
It’s about control. And, soon, not talking about it will be unacceptable. We must all wear lapel buttons saying it’s great! We support it. They’ll be like WWII’s Germany’s ubiquitous Nazi lapel pins.
Leftists tag everybody who disagrees with them as having some kind of “phobia.” Then, they don’t have to bother with any of that defining work or anything. Just label someone as mentally deficient and you’re done.
It’s just like playing the race card, call it the “Crazy Card.”
It's a made-up. nonsense word. As poster ConservativeInPA notes, the "phobic" means fear. But "homo:" can either be "same", as in "homogeneous", or "man", as in "homo sapiens". So here are the choices:
"Fear of Sameness"
"Fear of Man"
Either way, it's just plain silly. I have no fear of "sameness", although I might not prefer it. Likewise, I have no fear of man, or any man (I can defend myself).
Homophobic, no. Homomisia - disgust, repulsion, anger and hatred towards homosexuals that want to have anal or oral sex with their own kind which may include pedophile behavior with children and may include recruitment of children into their lifestyle. Yes.
So homophobic, no.
I don’t fear them, I just want them to shut up and perform their perversion behind closed doors.
Phobia means an irrational fear such as acrophobia, fear of heights. People aren't irrationally afraid of homosexuals. They are repulsed by their unhealthy and perverted lifestyle. They do not want to be propositioned by them and they do not want their sons propositioned by them. They do not want to have to pay to treat their sexually transmitted diseases or to subsidize their decadent and immoral lifestyle.
Agreed. Perhaps we should coin a new term or two. faggotphobia (fear of a bundle of sticks in the UK), or queerphobia. Either rarely occurs, since the fear is neither irrational nor debilitating.
There is something grimly amusing about those with homoerotic attractions regarding “homo” as a slur, while using “homophobic” as the term of art for opposition to their agenda.
If they aren’t called “homos” then “homophobic” means “(morbid) fear of the same”, and one needs a longer word (maybe homoerotophobia — though that might have the more specific meaning of morbid fear of being subjected to homoerotic advances or of engaging in homoerotic sex).
The term “homophobic” may be applicable if it means being bent over a pickle barrel by that 7 foot basketball player. But, as a general term, fear of homosexual advances is not a description of a group of people, but rather, an act.
Phobic means fearful. What’s an appropriate Greek or Latin word for distaste or disgust?
RE: What’s an appropriate Greek or Latin word for distaste or disgust?
The Latin word for distaste is FASTIDIUM. The Latin word for disgust is nauseam.
Homosexuals are homophobic - it is why they insist on being called gay.
It’s like my problem with “hate crimes”. If you beat someone to death, yeah, I’m pretty sure that “hate” was a factor. I don’t care what the cause of the “hate” was or anything else that was (or wasn’t) going through your mind nor what came out of your mouth.
I’m not Homophobic”— I’m “homotimeo” and I fear what their agenda has done and will ultimately do to moral fabric, and therefore the stability, of this country. 54 years of observing the decline tells me the fall the US seems inevitable now. We’ve passed the moral tipping point.
I prefer “Homomisa” a revulsion of homos.
And Islamomisa, a revulsion of Islam.
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