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GreenMario
09/30/22 12:10:52 AM
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lennethsoki posted...
Yeah it's dang near lost all meaning for me at this point.
It's basically been stretched out to apply to so much stuff that being called "-phobic" doesn't even mean anything any more, and essentially translates to "We disagree, so you're ____phobic." 90% of the time.

I guarantee you most of those accused of being -phobic just shrug it off or don't even care as a result, whereas they would if it were used more sparingly and had a more select assortment of circumstances for it to actually apply.

It's like "bigot". Used to be a strong word. Now it's demoted to a party clown :x
A lot of people who say this are in denial. They assume just because they hear it a lot that the problem is with the people saying it, not their behavior.

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Deutschenlied
09/30/22 12:15:56 AM
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Someone is free to attempt to explain how they "disagree" with LGBTQ+ people without sounding like they are scared of them.

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FaultyCircuitry
09/30/22 12:15:58 AM
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phobia
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an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something

Phobia works just fine.


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FaultyCircuitry
09/30/22 12:16:55 AM
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lennethsoki posted...
Yeah it's dang near lost all meaning for me at this point.
It's basically been stretched out to apply to so much stuff that being called "-phobic" doesn't even mean anything any more, and essentially translates to "We disagree, so you're ____phobic." 90% of the time.

I guarantee you most of those accused of being -phobic just shrug it off or don't even care as a result, whereas they would if it were used more sparingly and had a more select assortment of circumstances for it to actually apply.

It's like "bigot". Used to be a strong word. Now it's demoted to a party clown :x



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Deutschenlied
09/30/22 12:19:05 AM
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FaultyCircuitry posted...
phobia
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noun
an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something

Phobia works just fine.
"B-b-but I don't burst into tears and run away screaming in terror, so how can I have a phobia?"

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thx1138
09/30/22 12:20:24 AM
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Naysaspace posted...
Colloquially it does though. The definition has changed.

yhe defihas not changed for every day people
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thx1138
09/30/22 12:21:03 AM
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Deutschenlied posted...
"B-b-but I don't burst into tears and run away screaming in terror, so how can I have a phobia?"

disliking something not fear
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FaultyCircuitry
09/30/22 12:21:50 AM
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thx1138 posted...
disliking something not fear

It is having an aversion to it tho

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Deutschenlied
09/30/22 12:22:37 AM
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How can a material be terrified of water?

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thx1138
09/30/22 12:25:19 AM
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FaultyCircuitry posted...
It is having an aversion to it tho

people have a right to be averse to things, I think
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Deutschenlied
09/30/22 12:25:55 AM
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thx1138 posted...
disliking something not fear
People that dislike LGBTQ+ people have an irrational fear tho

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Deutschenlied
09/30/22 12:27:23 AM
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thx1138 posted...
people have a right to be averse to things, I think
Was anyone saying that someone needs to be imprisoned for it? People have a right to criticize other people's right to be scared of gay people.

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FaultyCircuitry
09/30/22 12:27:28 AM
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thx1138 posted...
people have a right to be averse to things, I think

Not if it leads to hate and oppression

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Kimbos_Egg
09/30/22 12:36:51 AM
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VIXVLV posted...
For instance, saying: "trans people can do as they wish! But I would never date them because I am straight"

Has in it the implication that you do not view trans people as their transitioned sex, but as their born sex.

Nothing to do with anything. Nobody should be forced to have sex with anyone just to make you feel better.

And i highly doubt you'd tell a homosexual male he'd have to have sex with a trans man or he's transphobic. Guess its only for the straights, huh?

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VIXVLV
09/30/22 12:42:02 AM
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Kimbos_Egg posted...

You haven't thought enough about this for it to be worth it for me to respond to you.

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Kimbos_Egg
09/30/22 12:49:42 AM
#68:


VIXVLV posted...
You haven't thought enough about this for it to be worth it for me to respond to you.

Oh, so you're a troll. Okay. I regret bothering to respond to you.

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CelestialVoices
09/30/22 12:55:58 AM
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scary but true

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dave_is_slick
09/30/22 1:08:55 AM
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TC said nothing. Y'all are creating something to get mad about.

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GreenMario
09/30/22 1:10:46 AM
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Kimbos_Egg posted...
Nothing to do with anything. Nobody should be forced to have sex with anyone just to make you feel better.

And i highly doubt you'd tell a homosexual male he'd have to have sex with a trans man or he's transphobic. Guess its only for the straights, huh?
You are beating the shit out of that strawman.

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