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I think "homophobia" is a stupid word. It makes hating gays sound too legit, too much like a medical condition. "Don't blame me for gaybashing, I have homophobia."
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@scriba The alternative is to start describing actual conditions as x-phobia. "I didn't slit my wrists. I just have "keeping-all-my-blood-inside-my-bodyphobia"
Saturday, 04-Aug-12 15:42:12 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark Wonder what the Greek phrase for that would be....
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@scriba It is to some extent true- as a product of their environment growing up, their brain processes thoughts differently and it could well be outside of their power to even realize let alone resist. But the thing with medical conditions is they're supposed to be treated and hopefully cured- a phobia (of any kind) is a condition which should be addressed and resolved sooner rather than later. Of course, now we've entered that murky territory where you have to be sure the determination of what's a condition and what is simply a variation is being made based on solid evidence rather than on what somebody's beliefs might be or politics. After all, we wouldn't want someone to turn this same logic around against something that isn't actually a medical condition in need of treatment. Dang real life being too complicated for convenient sound bites ☺
Saturday, 04-Aug-12 15:51:05 UTC from web-
@toksyuryel This is true, but it seems to me that homophobes don't act like other *phobes. You stick a claustrophobe into a closet and they don't start muttering about "tradition" and eating chicken sandwiches. But I agree, it is a complex issue, not well-suited to headlines and tweets.
Saturday, 04-Aug-12 16:13:42 UTC from web
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