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homophobia
#11
RE: homophobia
(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 Smile
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.

I don't want to sound like I'm arguing, but I am Big Grin
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#12
RE: homophobia
(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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#13
RE: homophobia
(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 Smile

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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#14
RE: homophobia
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.

Tons more of these. No wonder the Irish drink.

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#15
RE: homophobia
(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 Smile

It also literally means 'fear of man', or 'fear of mankind'.

It was a bad neologism.
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#16
RE: homophobia
Curious; which is more homophobic: Utah or Georgia?
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#17
RE: homophobia
(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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...       -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
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#18
RE: homophobia
(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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#19
RE: homophobia
(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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#20
RE: homophobia
(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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