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No. You are patently, objectively incorrect. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 14/12/2012 08:39:00 AM
Xenophobia is defined as, and more importantly is used as, fear or hatred of foreigners. It is not just fear. Nor is homophobia simply fear. Neither homophobia or xenophobia are clinical phobias; they are social concepts, not medical ones.

You are being needlessly prescriptivist, and it doesn't help your argument any.
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SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia is brilliant, just brilliant - Anonymous2000 - 11/12/2012 05:09:19 AM 1201 Views
WTF does "I don’t care what their intent was. I care what it was that they intended" mean? Joel - 11/12/2012 09:03:23 PM 722 Views
Yeah I read that twice to see if that was right *NM* Dark Knight - 11/12/2012 09:36:55 PM 332 Views
Part of me pities Scalias decline, because he could once nimbly and convincly argue black is white. Joel - 12/12/2012 07:09:56 PM 700 Views
Re: your post. Stephen - 12/12/2012 07:18:18 PM 655 Views
You are quite right; I never noticed that until now. Joel - 12/12/2012 07:29:08 PM 764 Views
Not quite HyogaRott - 12/12/2012 08:16:27 PM 767 Views
Poes Law. Joel - 16/12/2012 01:42:55 PM 684 Views
More like disapeared in a puff of Florida's own law that they were trying to ignore. HyogaRott - 12/12/2012 08:13:13 PM 689 Views
actually..... moondog - 12/12/2012 08:32:58 PM 764 Views
Re: actually..... HyogaRott - 12/12/2012 09:39:01 PM 716 Views
Florida state law does not and did not prohibit statewide recounts. Joel - 16/12/2012 01:45:52 PM 671 Views
Spoken like a true lib.....I could have written that for you. Anonymous2000 - 12/12/2012 05:08:42 AM 719 Views
The people of WA and CO just decided pot should be legal; think Scalia agrees? Joel - 12/12/2012 07:25:11 PM 695 Views
FreshMints decided that the almond aroma of radioactive arsenic is very pleasing... HyogaRott - 12/12/2012 08:09:39 PM 730 Views
I am aware of Scalias "logic," and his rejection of it about a year later with Robamacare. Joel - 16/12/2012 01:51:16 PM 703 Views
But you didn't. Dannymac - 13/12/2012 04:06:05 PM 707 Views
Yup, yup; the Constitution is all about majority rule WITH minority rights. Joel - 16/12/2012 01:56:15 PM 663 Views
Your whole rant lacks any logic HyogaRott - 12/12/2012 03:46:34 PM 734 Views
+1 - logic is not his strong suit. *NM* Anonymous2000 - 12/12/2012 04:21:09 PM 288 Views
His comment references the authors (NOT words) intent in both negative and affirmative. Joel - 12/12/2012 06:45:02 PM 683 Views
Rebuttal HyogaRott - 12/12/2012 07:58:41 PM 711 Views
Only nominally. Joel - 16/12/2012 03:54:38 PM 691 Views
I was stumped by his phrasing as well A Deathwatch Guard - 12/12/2012 09:31:53 PM 585 Views
But we must go by his words and his understanding of their meaning, without interpretation. Joel - 16/12/2012 01:40:23 PM 674 Views
The SCotUS is no place for raging homophobes. Mndrew - 13/12/2012 04:48:30 AM 837 Views
Sorry you don't like it, but what he said is true. HyogaRott - 13/12/2012 03:11:42 PM 734 Views
Lol. Homophobia is synonymous w/ homonegativism. It's not meant to convey a true phobia *NM* kHz1000 - 13/12/2012 03:28:01 PM 404 Views
Only for people who don't know actually know how to read and understand words. Nice spin though. *NM* HyogaRott - 13/12/2012 05:54:29 PM 284 Views
So then what we need is a definition of homophobia? Jeordam - 13/12/2012 09:56:15 PM 765 Views
Re: So then what we need is a definition of homophobia? kHz1000 - 13/12/2012 11:16:46 PM 706 Views
-phobe : Greek -phobos, adj. derivative of phóbos fear, panic HyogaRott - 13/12/2012 11:32:14 PM 725 Views
Do you have a similar problem with "xenophobia?" Because it's exactly the same thing. Ghavrel - 14/12/2012 01:30:24 AM 657 Views
xenophobia is the fear of the alien... WTF are you trying to say? HyogaRott - 14/12/2012 03:03:09 AM 727 Views
No. You are patently, objectively incorrect. Ghavrel - 14/12/2012 08:39:00 AM 643 Views
An aside. Stephen - 14/12/2012 01:21:32 PM 721 Views
Don't believe me, ask a Greek it is after all THEIR word. I gave you some extra capitals, happy now? *NM* HyogaRott - 14/12/2012 02:56:09 PM 404 Views
stop being obtuse moondog - 14/12/2012 05:10:41 PM 701 Views
Hmmmm lets see, people misuse a word, perverting its meaning... HyogaRott - 14/12/2012 07:29:11 PM 666 Views
If everyone "misuses" a word, that becomes an acceptable use of it. Ghavrel - 14/12/2012 10:14:23 PM 662 Views
Re: If everyone "misuses" a word, that becomes an acceptable use of it. Novo - 15/12/2012 12:12:18 AM 772 Views
Always good to have your backing. *NM* Ghavrel - 15/12/2012 03:50:14 AM 359 Views
and if everryone jumps off a cliff to splatter on the rocks I should just be a good little lemming. HyogaRott - 15/12/2012 07:13:27 AM 597 Views
actually, you have already chosen stupid by pretending the word means something it does not moondog - 15/12/2012 03:34:35 PM 622 Views
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA, my friend John would strenuously disagree. HyogaRott - 16/12/2012 06:50:19 AM 735 Views
and you are a small-minded buffoon who can't come up with real arguments so you resort to nitpicking moondog - 17/12/2012 11:48:25 PM 664 Views
Double post. *NM* Ghavrel - 14/12/2012 10:14:50 PM 307 Views
that's glory for you! moondog - 14/12/2012 10:44:30 PM 731 Views
So very conflicted, in so many ways.... Joel - 16/12/2012 04:14:08 PM 833 Views
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