420God
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who is anyone to define anything?
i guess wiki is.![]()
I'm confused with your statements. The definition now is very clear.
It's like trying to argue that the earth is flat. Things change, that's life.
who is anyone to define anything?
i guess wiki is.![]()
I'm confused with your statements. The definition now is very clear.
It's like trying to argue that the earth is flat. Things change, that's life.
Ok, I can understand that. But to say the meaning of a word is wrong just because you disagree with it doesn't seem right to me.i do not believe that simply because someone hates gays that they fear them, or are secretly one themselves. kinda the topic to all this, isn't it? to me "homophobia" means "a fear of". pretty simple, in my eyes.
it seems like a juvenile defense to me. "i hate gays, therefore i must be one."
Not even reading your previous wall of anti-Oxford text, so I'll respond to this since you were bright enough to keep it short, also I'll respond as though the word phobia means what you think it means, then I'll shit on you. If you look at the etymology of the word homophobia, you'll see that it wasn't a word until hating on homo's became America's second favorite pastime. Since we needed a concise word to define hatred of homo's, homophobia seemed to fit pretty well.Furthermore you just said it urself! If there is "no preexisting word to define hatred of homo's" then how can that be homophobes definition. That's definately a preexisting word.
Cliffs: you can be homophobic without fearing homo's. Besides, who's afraid of homo's? Lesbians are awesome, and women hit harder than gays. Nothing to fear.
Not even reading your previous wall of anti-Oxford text, so I'll respond to this since you were bright enough to keep it short, also I'll respond as though the word phobia means what you think it means, then I'll shit on you. If you look at the etymology of the word homophobia, you'll see that it wasn't a word until hating on homo's became America's second favorite pastime. Since we needed a concise word to define hatred of homo's, homophobia seemed to fit pretty well.
Now that we're past that, let's look at the definition of phobia:
(fō'bē-ə)![]()
n.Please pay close attention to #2 as that's really what's relevant in this case. And trust me, the definition of phobia wasn't altered just to account for homophobia. Stay in school kid.
- A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.
- A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.
Cliffs: you can be homophobic without fearing homo's. Besides, who's afraid of homo's? Lesbians are awesome, and women hit harder than gays. Nothing to fear.
Ok, I can understand that. But to say the meaning of a word is wrong just because you disagree with it doesn't seem right to me.
I really don't care about the gay part of this, I just don't like wrong information being spread.
Not to bright are you.Well if u r saying that hate is part of homophobes def then u r definately spreading wrong information!
I'm confused with your statements. The definition now is very clear.
It's like trying to argue that the earth is flat. Things change, that's life.
The earth never changed. It was never flat! Just like the meaning of phobia never changed. It still simply means fear of. The people "back then" who believed the earth was flat were wrong just like anyone who believes that homophobia means a hate of homo's is wrong. Just cause you say or believe something that doesn't make it true.
Pay attention everyone. This is the response of someone who knows they have been beat and has nothing intelligent left to say. Maybe you should return to class with the other kindergardener.
Pay attention everyone. This is the response of someone who knows they have been beat and has nothing intelligent left to say. Maybe you should return to class with the other kindergardener.
Since reading was never your strong point, I'll try to concisely simplify this. In the post you quoted, the definition of the root word "phobia" is right there, plain as day. I'll re-quote it so you can mull it over and argue with a dictionary.Homophobia only fits well if ur a dumbass and don't know the def's of the 2 root words. Again, hate isn't in the def of either root word so why would it be a part of the compound word? And I'm so sorry ur not able to read full paragraphs yet. come back and join us when you graduate kindergarden. No wonder you are so ignorant about words and their meanings. You can't even fully read yet by ur own admition.
2. A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.
You can't even fully read yet by ur own admition.
I could care less about society's assumed definitions of words. What I'm talking about is the REAL meaning of the words.
Not only is hate not in phobia's def
why in the hell would it be part of the words def when you put them together. That's ridiculous!
Another great example is the word "gay". It's def has always been happy till some homo comes along and just makes up a new meaning to suit their own purposes. Just cause you make something up in ur head that doesn't make it fact.
I challenge someone to copy and paste any def of the words homo or phobia that has hate as part of it's description. You can't do it cause it doesn't exist. So y do you add it when you put the words together?
I Guess 'internet' isnt a word, neither is television, and I'll be damned if keyboard and mouse have anything to do with computers.
edit - damnit, unclebuck beat me to the punch