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MisanLycan — Homophobe Alert
Published: 2010-03-17 01:25:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 881; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 10
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"Seriously guys, just because I think gay people are weird, unnatural, immoral, disgusting, and I don't support their equal human rights whatsoever, that DOES NOT make me a HOMOPHOBE!!!!111Sorry hun, it does. [link]
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Words like homophobia, queerphobia, fatphobia, transphobia, xenophobia, and even heterophobia*, are and were formed to mean “hatred of” and “to be against”. This is what they have meant and will always mean.
While mostly colloquial, it is a legitimate means of using -phobia. -phobia is not always used to mean irrational fear. For example, photophobia is sensitivity to light. -phobia as a suffix is generalized as strong (often unusual) aversion, not just irrational fear. While a phobia is a mental medical condition of irrational fear, -phobia does not always indicate a phobia. Homophobia is not a legitimate medical condition.
And if we are to focus on how the word is formed, doesn’t “homophobia” actually mean “fear of the same,” not homosexuals?
Isn’t it funny that we complain about the so-called “improper use of -phobia” but commonly and frequently commit other crimes against English? “Ain’t” is not grammatically correct. You shouldn’t end a sentence with a preposition. Literally is not a word for emphasis, but is a word to describe an actual fact. A sentence should have a subject and a predicate. These are common crimes with legitimate linguistical basis. “Misuse of -phobia” is not, yet gets the focus. Why is this?
It’s because attempts to redefine homophobia as a medical condition are done for the sole purpose of delegitimizing queer experiences with hatred and violence, and downplaying the impact homophobia has on the queer community and society as a whole. It is attempting to take away the fire under society to make a change and to save people’s lives and rights. It’s also attempting to put perpetrators of homophobia in the “victim” spotlight, and those against them as the “real perpetrators”. The ones usually to commit this crime are those who fit the bill for homophobia and/or are not queer.
Additionally, non-queer persons do not get to be the ones to define and categorize queer experiences. It is not their place, and attempts to do so are, in fact, homophobic/queerphobic in nature.
(*This is not to imply that heterophobia is real/on the same level of homophobia. This is simply an example.)
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This reminds me of my mother.
"I'm not anti-gay. I'm pro-traditional, my religion doesn't allow it and if it's in my family then I'd be dissapointed."
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Oh I love it when the say that then they claim they AREN'T homophobic because they're related to/friends with a homosexual.. HOW is that relevant? Seriously?
I also can't stand people who don't realize that words CHANGE meaning with society. Yes a phobia is TYPICALLY a fear but the word homophobia has EVOLVED to encompass hatred and intolerance as well... People need to get over it.
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If you're going to create some bandwagon, wouldn't it be more logical and "impressive" for it to make sense? Pairing "hate" or "disagreement" with "fear" just messes everything up. People can and do simply disagree with the idea of acting on homosexual thoughts. They don't hate people who may have homosexual tendencies, and they certainly don't fear them.
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What is the point of this, of course I am a homophobe & damn proud of it!
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I love when people try to deny it.
"I don't have a problem with gay people! I just want them to be second class citizens...." Screw off.
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Hahahaha I swear I've met people who say that almost verbatim! XD It's hilarious how people don't even seem to be listening to themselves!
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Seems a rather useless thing to be, but at least you're honest.
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yes i am honest, i wasn't like this before, i used to love and support gay rights and had gay friends, but then i came to see their other side heterophobic homosexuals with all their hate towards our sexuality. i couldn't take it anymore.
and i dount there are really homosexuals who arent heterophobic.
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Now that's just crazy talk. Is it okay to hate men because some men hate women? Is it okay to hate black people because some black people hate white people, and vice versa?
Not that 13-year-olds are good at rhetorical questions, or anything.
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Well, I'm gay but half my friends are straight and I wouldn't try to change them for the world. I think you're running into the 'trendy' mini-gays, usually teens.
Or, you're running into people who have been so abused by hetero people that they've become just as narrow-minded as some straight people.
My ex-girlfriend was raped in eighth grade by some boys who said they wanted to 'turn her straight' and she was very anti-straight guys ever since.
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XD
I love gay guys. They don't objectify women as much as straight guys. >.>
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