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Phobia doesn't just mean fear, it can mean a strong dislike. So homophobia can mean a strong dislike of gays, which in this case, a lot of people have demonstrated here.
Oh and to the poster advocating the ex gay movement, please. Most of those testimonies have people who were never gay or are still gay to begin with
But I guess you're entitled to believe that onihC. I am just going to laugh at you like everyone else
Homophobia just means you're uncomfortable around gays (which is understandable). A person can be homophobic and still respect gays and treat them as equal human beings.
Racism is worse, because it usually involves prejudice, which doesn't just mean you're uncomfortable around certain races, but that you treat them unequally and harmfully in some way.
Homophobia just means you're uncomfortable around gays (which is understandable). A person can be homophobic and still respect gays and treat them as equal human beings.
No, you can't.
Being "uncomfortable" around gay sex or expressions of gay affection is not homophobia. Anymore than a gay person's aversion to watching heterosexual sex is "heterophobia."
That isn't what the word means.
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Racism is worse, because it usually involves prejudice, which doesn't just mean you're uncomfortable around certain races, but that you treat them unequally and harmfully in some way.
You can be racist and still "treat" everyone equally... even nicely.
You can not want to live next to black people, think you're better than black people, not want your family to marry gay people, but still be just nice as pie when you meet them in public and treat them as individuals.
uh no..
im saying one can hide their sexual orientation to avoid facing discrimination but most can not hide their race to avoid it..
they are the same as far as being wrong, but they aren't equal as far as who has had the most struggle in history
And how often does that work? Tens of thousands of gays were executed in the holocaust, despite being able to "hide" their orientation. Uganda is systematically trying to exterminate all gay Ugandans anywhere in the world, and even lists people in their newspaper suspected of being gay so citizens can hunt them down. Gays were imprisoned, executed, and institutionalized for most of US history for being gay, despite being able to "hide" it.
One doesn't even need to be gay for people to make assumptions that they are in order to attack them.
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And how often does that work? Tens of thousands of gays were executed in the holocaust, despite being able to "hide" their orientation. Uganda is systematically trying to exterminate all gay Ugandans anywhere in the world, and even lists people in their newspaper suspected of being gay so citizens can hunt them down. Gays were imprisoned, executed, and institutionalized for most of US history for being gay, despite being able to "hide" it.
One doesn't even need to be gay for people to make assumptions that they are in order to attack them.
because they were gay or because they were jews? because if they were jews , it wouldn't really matter, they were going to be executed anyways. and i able to say that because i am two minorities..guess which one i (can) hide?
because they were gay or because they were jews? because if they were jews , it wouldn't really matter, they were going to be executed anyways. and i able to say that because i am two minorities..guess which one i (can) hide?
No, because they were gay. Gays were exterminated just like Jews. Most were not Jewish. They were forced to wear pink triangles on their arms, and were marched into the gas chambers.
And I'm 3 minorities. And can technically hide all 3. Your point?
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No, because they were gay. Gays were exterminated just like Jews. Most were not Jewish. They were forced to wear pink triangles on their arms, and were marched into the gas chambers.
And I'm 3 minorities. And can technically hide all 3. Your point?
i don't care anymore..whatever
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