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To: SunkenCiv

So homophobia is one that fears men then?


8 posted on 08/27/2011 5:18:14 AM PDT by MNDude (so that's what they meant by Carter's second term)
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To: MNDude
So homophobia is one that fears men then?

No. Homo sapiens includes the Latin for "man", but the "homo" in "homophobia" comes from the Greek for "same"

So "homophobia" is "fear of the same", ie those who want "change", eg Barack Obama supporters are homophobes.

13 posted on 08/27/2011 8:09:01 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (New gets old. Steampunk is always cool)
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