In a purely political, not scientific move, twenty or thirty years ago, a handful of psychologists voted to remove homosexuality -- an obviously dysfunctional condition -- from the list of psychological disorders. At the same time, they coined the word "homophobic" to describe the normal revulsion that people feel when people use their sex organs in obviously deviant ways.
A "phobia" is a psychological disorder.
So, by the manipulation of language, deviants became "normal," and normal people who are repulsed by homosexual acts became "sick."
The inmates are truly running the asylum.
So, by the manipulation of language, deviants became "normal," and normal people who are repulsed by homosexual acts became "sick."
It is no more intellectual to call someone a "homophobe" than it is for kids to taunt others with names such as, sissy, scaredycat, etc.
The intent is to get the recipient to claim, "Am not!" And then coerce them to 'prove' they are not.
Very adolescent behavior as far as I see it.