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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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To: kabumpo
I also wish the left could distinguish between "dislike" and "hate".
But of course their debate style is to always have the volume on max, as if that would make their arguments valid.

Is it OK to be indifferent to individual gays but strongly dislike gay-ISM, the militant movement to insert gays, gayness and gay rights into everything, whether it's relevant or not?

5 posted on 04/05/2013 12:56:28 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: kabumpo

Francophobe the fear of hot dogs.

Hoplophobe. The fear of weapons. Thank you colonel Cooper. A phobia we can stick strictly on the left.


12 posted on 04/05/2013 2:07:41 PM 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: kabumpo

****I wish that everyone here at FR would understand that the suffix “phobe” in reference to a movement or philosophy doesn’t mean “fear”***

I like the term Homomisia and islamomisia. A revulsion of homos and islam.


13 posted on 04/05/2013 6:05:57 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (The murals in OKC are destroyed.)
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