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Re: So then what we need is a definition of homophobia? kHz1000 Send a noteboard - 13/12/2012 11:16:46 PM
Are we talking the state of not agreeing with a viewpoint, stance, conviction, or belief.....

Or talking about active *hate* of that viewpoint, stance, conviction, or belief and the people who support it?

There is a world of difference. On one hand, an individual disagrees with an ideal and on the other hand, an individual hate both the ideal and person.

~Jeordam

Homophobia has a definition. Sure, if you're terrified of gays the same way you fear spiders, you probably are "homophobic". But most commonly it's just used to refer to actively hating gays. I don't get what problem HyogaRott has with that definition since he's the one who berated Joel about semantics and not understanding what some words meant.
Simply disagreeing with one or another gay rights viewpoint is not homophobic at all. At least not to me. But sometimes it's pretty damn tricky to judge what a person's opinions are based on.
Scalia's comments seem like a glaring example of harmful homophobia. Not that I care, I've never heard of the man or expect to ever hear of him again. The one thing that this thread taught me is that Americans have a keen interest towards their constitution. It's almost obsessive.
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SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia is brilliant, just brilliant - - 11/12/2012 05:09:19 AM 1117 Views
WTF does "I don’t care what their intent was. I care what it was that they intended" mean? - 11/12/2012 09:03:23 PM 654 Views
Yeah I read that twice to see if that was right *NM* - 11/12/2012 09:36:55 PM 298 Views
Part of me pities Scalias decline, because he could once nimbly and convincly argue black is white. - 12/12/2012 07:09:56 PM 625 Views
Re: your post. - 12/12/2012 07:18:18 PM 589 Views
You are quite right; I never noticed that until now. - 12/12/2012 07:29:08 PM 692 Views
Not quite - 12/12/2012 08:16:27 PM 707 Views
Poes Law. - 16/12/2012 01:42:55 PM 613 Views
More like disapeared in a puff of Florida's own law that they were trying to ignore. - 12/12/2012 08:13:13 PM 609 Views
actually..... - 12/12/2012 08:32:58 PM 694 Views
Re: actually..... - 12/12/2012 09:39:01 PM 609 Views
Your whole rant lacks any logic - 12/12/2012 03:46:34 PM 651 Views
+1 - logic is not his strong suit. *NM* - 12/12/2012 04:21:09 PM 255 Views
His comment references the authors (NOT words) intent in both negative and affirmative. - 12/12/2012 06:45:02 PM 604 Views
Rebuttal - 12/12/2012 07:58:41 PM 646 Views
Only nominally. - 16/12/2012 03:54:38 PM 620 Views
I was stumped by his phrasing as well - 12/12/2012 09:31:53 PM 514 Views
The SCotUS is no place for raging homophobes. - 13/12/2012 04:48:30 AM 754 Views
Sorry you don't like it, but what he said is true. - 13/12/2012 03:11:42 PM 662 Views
Lol. Homophobia is synonymous w/ homonegativism. It's not meant to convey a true phobia *NM* - 13/12/2012 03:28:01 PM 369 Views
So then what we need is a definition of homophobia? - 13/12/2012 09:56:15 PM 691 Views
Re: So then what we need is a definition of homophobia? - 13/12/2012 11:16:46 PM 631 Views
-phobe : Greek -phobos, adj. derivative of phóbos fear, panic - 13/12/2012 11:32:14 PM 653 Views
Do you have a similar problem with "xenophobia?" Because it's exactly the same thing. - 14/12/2012 01:30:24 AM 585 Views
xenophobia is the fear of the alien... WTF are you trying to say? - 14/12/2012 03:03:09 AM 648 Views
No. You are patently, objectively incorrect. - 14/12/2012 08:39:00 AM 570 Views
An aside. - 14/12/2012 01:21:32 PM 653 Views
Don't believe me, ask a Greek it is after all THEIR word. I gave you some extra capitals, happy now? *NM* - 14/12/2012 02:56:09 PM 367 Views
stop being obtuse - 14/12/2012 05:10:41 PM 622 Views
Hmmmm lets see, people misuse a word, perverting its meaning... - 14/12/2012 07:29:11 PM 591 Views
Double post. *NM* - 14/12/2012 10:14:50 PM 274 Views
that's glory for you! - 14/12/2012 10:44:30 PM 658 Views
So very conflicted, in so many ways.... - 16/12/2012 04:14:08 PM 760 Views

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