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To: Bertha Fanation

Why must one be a "phobe" to dislike or preach against something abhorrent?

I guess that, by your simple minded twisting of the english language that we all are:
Murderphobes
Rapephobes
Molestaphobes

Crawl back under your rock.


30 posted on 02/17/2005 1:32:56 PM PST by AnOldCowhand (The west is dead. You may lose a sweetheart, but you will never forget her - Charles Russell)
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To: AnOldCowhand
Why must one be a "phobe" to dislike or preach against something abhorrent?

I agree. I posted something similar in another thread today. Why is disagreeing with or countering a particular idea automatically "fear" (the meaning of the suffix "-phobe")? Like you, I certainly don't fear homosexuals, but abhor homosexuality.

The whole word "homophobe" is quite a misnomer. "Homo-" means same; "-phobe" means fear. So, "homophobia" means fear of the same, not revulsion toward homosexuality. Its a liberal knee-jerk word disconnected from meaning.

67 posted on 02/17/2005 2:24:44 PM PST by TChris (Most people's capability for inference is severely overestimated)
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