RE: Atheistophobia
January 24, 2015 at 10:27 am
(This post was last modified: January 24, 2015 at 10:28 am by Cato.)
(January 24, 2015 at 8:48 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:(January 23, 2015 at 7:13 pm)Cato Wrote: Phobia ranks second on my list of overused and/or misused suffixes; gate being the first. I would also be cautious with the idea since Islamaphobia, homophobia, and the like are deployed as ad hominem arguments meant to shut off debate.
There's such a thing as pre-emptive objections to those words meant to shut off debate, too.
Hardly. I object to the use of theses words as they are typically employed as pure invective with very little substance other than "we don't agree". I don't walk away and shutoff debate when they are deployed. When confronted with this bit of inanity I ask for a clarification of meaning. This almost always results in something along the lines of "you know what I mean", "you don't understand (a partial truth by the way)", "you're racist", "you don't know what *phobia means? Idiot" and many other diversionary tactics.
Sadly the user par excellence in my opinion is an atheist, PZ Myers. Closely behind are the minions of FTB and A+.
