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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 1351 Views
I thought this response in the comment sectionwas funny random thoughts - 15/08/2018 08:12:49 PM 671 Views
I was thinking about this at lunch today.... Jeordam - 15/08/2018 11:43:33 PM 663 Views
I don't damookster - 16/08/2018 12:09:32 AM 681 Views
It seemed more like moondog was making a prostitution reference to me *NM* ßelals Girl - 16/08/2018 02:51:23 AM 353 Views
Say what? The Shrike - 16/08/2018 09:47:19 PM 655 Views
It is a more of a domination / hierarchy reference I think *NM* Roland00 - 16/08/2018 09:57:23 PM 335 Views
Re: Say what? Belals Girl - 16/08/2018 10:33:43 PM 742 Views
Yes, but there's more to it... fionwe1987 - 16/08/2018 10:38:05 PM 638 Views
Says who? ßelals Girl - 19/08/2018 05:05:37 AM 691 Views
However much of a hypocrite moondog is, the article, I feel, represents something else Cannoli - 16/08/2018 05:51:59 AM 668 Views
Agreed that they went way too far by including everyday useage of the word, sucks. damookster - 16/08/2018 02:15:54 PM 642 Views
Phobia fionwe1987 - 16/08/2018 10:55:05 PM 697 Views
You don't even understand oral sex? Cannoli - 17/08/2018 12:43:50 AM 658 Views
Get to a sex education class, won't you? Or at least, use Google fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 05:29:25 AM 593 Views
I am a normal male person, who had conversations with other male people. Cannoli - 17/08/2018 08:25:48 AM 649 Views
Yes, yes, you're so male, your penis has a penis. We get it. fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 04:13:09 PM 681 Views
Re: Yes, yes, you're so male, your penis has a penis. We get it. Cannoli - 19/08/2018 03:23:10 AM 659 Views
You are wrong about Cannoli. damookster - 17/08/2018 02:49:35 AM 675 Views
No fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 05:41:22 AM 635 Views
Re: No Cannoli - 19/08/2018 03:29:15 AM 713 Views
Cannoli is right: "sucks" implies the active party in oral sex Tom - 17/08/2018 03:04:40 AM 770 Views
That would be the "receptive partner" in scientific terminology fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 05:44:16 AM 634 Views
Fuck scientific terminology. It blows. Cannoli - 17/08/2018 08:26:16 AM 638 Views
Regarding phobia Jeordam - 17/08/2018 06:30:51 PM 709 Views
There's a pretty simple test, I think fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 08:02:31 PM 656 Views
Once again...who are you to make that determination. Jeordam - 17/08/2018 09:54:41 PM 628 Views
*I* don't make the determination, liberal society did. fionwe1987 - 18/08/2018 12:02:22 AM 649 Views
So for clarity damookster - 18/08/2018 01:28:17 AM 656 Views
Yes! fionwe1987 - 18/08/2018 01:46:05 AM 641 Views
Who said I was surprised? damookster - 18/08/2018 02:10:46 AM 648 Views
Re: Who said I was surprised? fionwe1987 - 18/08/2018 02:32:41 AM 657 Views
Are you asking a serious question? damookster - 18/08/2018 02:45:03 AM 660 Views
Yes, I was fionwe1987 - 18/08/2018 01:59:48 PM 654 Views
"liberal" society does not police speech Cannoli - 19/08/2018 03:31:54 AM 659 Views
You don't need to protect speech everyone agrees with. *NM* Hieshyn - 19/08/2018 06:02:17 PM 447 Views
It most certainly *does* police speech. LiterateDog - 20/08/2018 03:01:32 PM 651 Views
But to follow up on that. LiterateDog - 20/08/2018 03:16:07 PM 657 Views
Well, that's why we didn't stop with the FIRST Amendment *NM* Cannoli - 21/08/2018 04:25:53 PM 323 Views
That's individuals policing speech, not society. Agregate individual action =/= collective action Cannoli - 21/08/2018 04:25:23 PM 667 Views
I completely agree. LiterateDog - 21/08/2018 04:35:38 PM 654 Views
heh, heh, heh damookster - 21/08/2018 05:00:32 PM 622 Views
Hump it like you mean it! LiterateDog - 21/08/2018 07:00:01 PM 687 Views
Exactly. "Islamophobia is a word created by fascists and used by cowards to manipulate morons." Tom - 20/08/2018 08:54:03 PM 656 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 698 Views
About the casual part fionwe1987 - 16/08/2018 10:33:45 PM 616 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 700 Views
Precisely fionwe1987 - 16/08/2018 10:59:42 PM 704 Views
You are absolutely correct damookster - 17/08/2018 02:43:21 AM 683 Views
I, for one, am glad to see this topic go flaming. aerocontrols - 17/08/2018 05:16:55 PM 735 Views
Yes, it is a tool used by those who should "know better". LiterateDog - 20/08/2018 03:14:30 PM 622 Views
well said damookster - 20/08/2018 03:50:50 PM 673 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 610 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 623 Views
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