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About the casual part fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 16/08/2018 10:33:45 PM

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Seems moondog is far from the only leftist who use "casual homophobia" to attack Trump and other Republicans. It's common enough for the usually execrable HuffPost to write an article about it.

HuffPo has written several articles about it, as have several other "leftist" publications. This issue is not restricted to the left. I think the reason it is getting so much recent coverage is that there seems to be a misguided belief among some that since Trump is such an awful excuse for a human being, homophobic jokes about him are okay.


Casual homophobia is a typically contrived phrase for a perfectly good existing word: hypocrisy.

No one who uses the term would disagree with you that casual homophobia is deeply hypocritical. The casual part of the phrase just emphasizes that you don't have to actively twirl your mustaches and decide to hurt homosexuals to be homophobic. Buying into inherent anti-LGBTQ assumptions embedded in language and society is enough to hurt those with different sexuality, and is thus homophobic.

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Interesting article in my Twitter feed last night on an issue Greg (The Shrike) brought up... damookster - 15/08/2018 03:05:37 PM 1330 Views
I thought this response in the comment sectionwas funny random thoughts - 15/08/2018 08:12:49 PM 654 Views
I was thinking about this at lunch today.... Jeordam - 15/08/2018 11:43:33 PM 644 Views
I don't damookster - 16/08/2018 12:09:32 AM 657 Views
It seemed more like moondog was making a prostitution reference to me *NM* ßelals Girl - 16/08/2018 02:51:23 AM 335 Views
Say what? The Shrike - 16/08/2018 09:47:19 PM 639 Views
It is a more of a domination / hierarchy reference I think *NM* Roland00 - 16/08/2018 09:57:23 PM 322 Views
Re: Say what? Belals Girl - 16/08/2018 10:33:43 PM 721 Views
Yes, but there's more to it... fionwe1987 - 16/08/2018 10:38:05 PM 620 Views
Says who? ßelals Girl - 19/08/2018 05:05:37 AM 665 Views
However much of a hypocrite moondog is, the article, I feel, represents something else Cannoli - 16/08/2018 05:51:59 AM 650 Views
Agreed that they went way too far by including everyday useage of the word, sucks. damookster - 16/08/2018 02:15:54 PM 623 Views
Phobia fionwe1987 - 16/08/2018 10:55:05 PM 680 Views
You don't even understand oral sex? Cannoli - 17/08/2018 12:43:50 AM 637 Views
Get to a sex education class, won't you? Or at least, use Google fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 05:29:25 AM 574 Views
I am a normal male person, who had conversations with other male people. Cannoli - 17/08/2018 08:25:48 AM 628 Views
Yes, yes, you're so male, your penis has a penis. We get it. fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 04:13:09 PM 660 Views
Re: Yes, yes, you're so male, your penis has a penis. We get it. Cannoli - 19/08/2018 03:23:10 AM 644 Views
You are wrong about Cannoli. damookster - 17/08/2018 02:49:35 AM 654 Views
No fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 05:41:22 AM 618 Views
Re: No Cannoli - 19/08/2018 03:29:15 AM 692 Views
Cannoli is right: "sucks" implies the active party in oral sex Tom - 17/08/2018 03:04:40 AM 755 Views
That would be the "receptive partner" in scientific terminology fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 05:44:16 AM 613 Views
Fuck scientific terminology. It blows. Cannoli - 17/08/2018 08:26:16 AM 619 Views
Regarding phobia Jeordam - 17/08/2018 06:30:51 PM 681 Views
There's a pretty simple test, I think fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 08:02:31 PM 637 Views
Once again...who are you to make that determination. Jeordam - 17/08/2018 09:54:41 PM 609 Views
*I* don't make the determination, liberal society did. fionwe1987 - 18/08/2018 12:02:22 AM 632 Views
So for clarity damookster - 18/08/2018 01:28:17 AM 640 Views
Yes! fionwe1987 - 18/08/2018 01:46:05 AM 626 Views
Who said I was surprised? damookster - 18/08/2018 02:10:46 AM 632 Views
Re: Who said I was surprised? fionwe1987 - 18/08/2018 02:32:41 AM 638 Views
Are you asking a serious question? damookster - 18/08/2018 02:45:03 AM 642 Views
Yes, I was fionwe1987 - 18/08/2018 01:59:48 PM 635 Views
"liberal" society does not police speech Cannoli - 19/08/2018 03:31:54 AM 635 Views
You don't need to protect speech everyone agrees with. *NM* Hieshyn - 19/08/2018 06:02:17 PM 433 Views
It most certainly *does* police speech. LiterateDog - 20/08/2018 03:01:32 PM 630 Views
But to follow up on that. LiterateDog - 20/08/2018 03:16:07 PM 638 Views
Well, that's why we didn't stop with the FIRST Amendment *NM* Cannoli - 21/08/2018 04:25:53 PM 311 Views
That's individuals policing speech, not society. Agregate individual action =/= collective action Cannoli - 21/08/2018 04:25:23 PM 648 Views
I completely agree. LiterateDog - 21/08/2018 04:35:38 PM 638 Views
heh, heh, heh damookster - 21/08/2018 05:00:32 PM 605 Views
Hump it like you mean it! LiterateDog - 21/08/2018 07:00:01 PM 665 Views
Exactly. "Islamophobia is a word created by fascists and used by cowards to manipulate morons." Tom - 20/08/2018 08:54:03 PM 634 Views
I reiterate that I sometimes expect it from people who may be right of center/right. The Shrike - 16/08/2018 09:52:08 PM 672 Views
About the casual part fionwe1987 - 16/08/2018 10:33:45 PM 600 Views
I don't think it's appropriate, but I think it's more about sexual shaming Tom - 16/08/2018 10:35:53 PM 684 Views
Precisely fionwe1987 - 16/08/2018 10:59:42 PM 683 Views
You are absolutely correct damookster - 17/08/2018 02:43:21 AM 666 Views
I, for one, am glad to see this topic go flaming. aerocontrols - 17/08/2018 05:16:55 PM 715 Views
Yes, it is a tool used by those who should "know better". LiterateDog - 20/08/2018 03:14:30 PM 604 Views
well said damookster - 20/08/2018 03:50:50 PM 655 Views
Sigh I foresee 7 days of homosexual prison jokes in the near future in media adjacent places Roland00 - 22/08/2018 04:42:23 AM 589 Views
I think our casual acceptance of rape as part of prison is a major moral failure random thoughts - 22/08/2018 03:41:38 PM 600 Views
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