Homophobia. A misleading label

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I assume you're either from a different country or different era. Same goes to original poster, get over it man, your clear disliking of homosexuals for no reason other than that they are homosexual is exactly what homophobia is, dissect the word as much as you like and try and convince yourself you're not as much as you like but it's a horrible prejudice regardless of what you want to label it.

Up yours asshole. I also used to be afraid of the water. I must be from a different era. I also used to be afraid of strangers. I must be from a different era.

Did I fucking say it was fucking reasonable? No. So fuck you and your psychobabble.

Piss off. Being afraid of water and strangers are reasonable fears due to their possible dangers. How is a persons sexual preference ever a danger to you? Do you feel any more or less secure or safe in yourself around a heterosexual? So why should you feel any different around a homosexual?

They perceive it as a possible danger. There is also the practical danger that if someone is a rapist, and are given a choice between someone they are attracted to, and someone they are not, I do not believe there will ever be a case where they will choose the unattractive prospect.

People feel safer around those like themselves... it's a known element, usually predictable. If they are dishonest, and know they are in a den of thieves, they can feel secure in not trusting them.

Maybe not from a different era, but certainly from a different country.

Syna's American. Dotard is American. I am American. No idea where you're from, but I hear that in other countries they eat and drink the foulest of things known to humans, and appear to enjoy them. Odd people, those non-Americans.

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Boys, behave!

Dotard, observing your argumentation along this thread, it all looks you are doing apologetics for homophobia. So many rationalizations only avoid the problem, and IMO worsen, since I think homophobia is a bad thing. Rationalize into the problem, not out of it.

I rather think he's rather philosophically secure. "Rationalizations" are good... would you prefer he not at least try to understand why he is the way he is? I find that if you ask 'why?' enough times... you discover that all of your reasons are based on faith. I don't think homophobia is a bad thing, in and of itself. My insectophobia isn't necessarily a bad thing either. It is only in context of some situations that we can really show either of these to have been bad... or good... and conditions can just as easily exist for these to be good things as they do for the bad things.

Remember... genocide can easily be the very best decision that could be made. Though one must be very creative in the use of it, and there are usually better options, rape too can be the best decision. Failing that, such things can remain very good decisions. I would try not to throw away tools with unusual applications, and rather store them some distance away from your usual tools. But then, it might be better for me if you don't know that they are available to you in the first place