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To: NYer

Homophobe?

the word does not make sense.

no one I know who disapproves of homosexual legitimacy are afraid of them.

of course Homophobe should be fear of Humans, as fear of Gays would be Homosexualphobe....


3 posted on 04/05/2013 11:53:18 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Vaquero

I wish that everyone here at FR would understand that the suffix “phobe” in reference to a movement or philosophy doesn’t mean “fear” - it means aversion to, or strong dislike of — as in the opposite of the suffix “phile” which means supporter of.
Didn’t anyone read about the contention during the early days of our country,between the Francophobes and Anglophiles (Hamilton, et al) versus the Anglophobes and Francophiles (Jefferson, et al) —


4 posted on 04/05/2013 12:21:38 PM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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