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To: Allegra

Actually, you are both right. "Homo" is both a Latin and Greek root. The Greek root means "same" (i.e. homosexual, homogenous), and the Latin root means "man" (i.e. homocide, homo sapiens).

My objection with the word "homophobia" isn't with the homo part, but the phobia part. Phobia means an irrational fear. I'm sure there actually are some people that suffer from literal homophobia, but today the word "homophobic" is applied to anyone that doesn't kowtow to the homosexual agenda.


104 posted on 07/20/2006 11:15:20 AM PDT by Balke
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To: Balke; presidio9
Actually, you are both right. "Homo" is both a Latin and Greek root. The Greek root means "same" (i.e. homosexual, homogenous), and the Latin root means "man" (i.e. homocide, homo sapiens).

My objection with the word "homophobia" isn't with the homo part, but the phobia part. Phobia means an irrational fear. I'm sure there actually are some people that suffer from literal homophobia, but today the word "homophobic" is applied to anyone that doesn't kowtow to the homosexual agenda.

True. We really should come up with a better name for those of us who simply resist the homosexual agenda being rammed down our throats.

118 posted on 07/20/2006 10:08:09 PM PDT by Allegra (FReeping LIVE! from suddenly one of the safer places in the Middle East)
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