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RE: homophobia
August 13, 2014 at 5:37 pm
(August 13, 2014 at 5:05 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Off Topic: I hate the term "homophobia". It's not like arachnophobia or claustrophobia, which are actual *fears*.
Carry on You've listed specific phobias. Homophobia falls in the category of social phobias. It's very real for some people, and it's just as irrational as some specific phobias.
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RE: homophobia
August 13, 2014 at 5:39 pm
(August 13, 2014 at 5:15 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Sorry, the bad news is Paul extended the taboo to lesbians.
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The good news is we don't have to give a shit what Paul wrote.
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RE: homophobia
August 13, 2014 at 5:42 pm
(August 13, 2014 at 5:05 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Off Topic: I hate the term "homophobia". It's not like arachnophobia or claustrophobia, which are actual *fears*.
Carry on
A strong prejudice does seem to correlate with unreasonable fear. One of the most homophobic guys I know had a severe case of rape anxiety. I'd estimate that half the times the subject came up, without any prompting or anyone even mentioning rape, he would go into a screed about his fears regarding a possible future scenario of some hypothetical guy trying to rape him.
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RE: homophobia
August 13, 2014 at 5:50 pm
Quote:On the sidenote, what are some common superstitions in your country (or state if your country is huge)?.
-Never give a knife to a friend. You have to sell it, or the knife will cut your friendship.
-If you encounter a funeral procession, you must walk at least four steps with the mourners, or you'll be the next to die.
-Killing a robin will bring you bad luck forever.
-People who live within sight of the ocean never have fevers.
-If your nose itches before noon, stay in the house until sundown.
-If someone in a family dies, the youngest family member able to do must inform a beehive and a cow of the death, or faeries will steal the soul.
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RE: homophobia
August 13, 2014 at 5:54 pm
(August 13, 2014 at 5:05 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Off Topic: I hate the term "homophobia". It's not like arachnophobia or claustrophobia, which are actual *fears*.
Carry on
It also literally means 'fear of man', or 'fear of mankind'.
It was a bad neologism.
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RE: homophobia
August 13, 2014 at 5:57 pm
Curious; which is more homophobic: Utah or Georgia?
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RE: homophobia
August 13, 2014 at 6:05 pm
(August 13, 2014 at 5:57 pm)czúzyt ylgájla Wrote: Curious; which is more homophobic: Utah or Georgia?
Utah.
Believe it or not, Georgia is shifting demographically. It may shift from "red" (conservative) to "blue" (liberal) in a generation.
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RE: homophobia
August 13, 2014 at 6:15 pm
(August 13, 2014 at 6:05 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: (August 13, 2014 at 5:57 pm)czúzyt ylgájla Wrote: Curious; which is more homophobic: Utah or Georgia?
Utah.
Believe it or not, Georgia is shifting demographically. It may shift from "red" (conservative) to "blue" (liberal) in a generation.
How about nebraska, tennesee, the dakotas and the carolinas?
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RE: homophobia
August 13, 2014 at 6:15 pm
(August 13, 2014 at 5:57 pm)czúzyt ylgájla Wrote: Curious; which is more homophobic: Utah or Georgia?
Utah. ~grinds teeth~ Horrible place to be gay! Mormons are ridiculously two-faced and petty. Holy rollers when in public groups, bigot scum when alone/in private groups.
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RE: homophobia
August 13, 2014 at 6:17 pm
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(August 13, 2014 at 6:15 pm)FlowingFlame Wrote: (August 13, 2014 at 5:57 pm)czúzyt ylgájla Wrote: Curious; which is more homophobic: Utah or Georgia?
Utah. ~grinds teeth~ Horrible place to be gay! Mormons are ridiculously two-faced and petty. Holy rollers when in public groups, bigot scum when alone/in private groups.
Libyan women are like that when it comes to hospitality.
Are you from Utah.
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