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2013-07-27 04:50 1020684 Anonymous (family-circus.gif 320x391 28kB)
Our greatest triumph is what we did to the word "Homophobic." Most of you are too young to remember when "homophobic" simply meant something along the lines of "didn't want to kiss the same gender." You'd describe a guy who recoiled from being kissed by another guy as homophobic, and there was no extra connotation of hatred or bigotry, it was just the guy's preference. You'd describe characters in stories who attempted to avoid being raped by the same gender as homophobic, and it wouldn't be considered negative. When it was coined, it originally was used to describe people who didn't want to "appear" gay, but that fell away to just anyone who didn't want to perform homosexual actions. But now, my friends, it has the same connotation as being called a nazi. If you are homophobic, you hate gay people. You're a bigot, an idiot, and your greatest fear is universal gay marriage. A "homophobic" remark from someone even slightly famous is front page news and is the worst kind of publicity. It ends debates. If you call someone homophobic, it ends debates not even related to homosexuality. In a war of words and ideas, our greatest weapon, our A-bomb, is the ability to equate homophobia with Hitler, much in the same way people tried to equate homosexuality with pedophilia.

3 min later 1020693 Anonymous (1373030895825.jpg 496x522 95kB)


6 min later 1020698 Anonymous
>>1020684 The greatest weapon in any war for acceptance is mass stupidity and fear of being on the wrong side. It's wrong, sure, but currently it does the job well enough.

6 min later 1020699 Anonymous
>>1020684 as far as I'm concerned it still just means an aversion to homosexuality... but hey, if you want to attach bullshit connotations to words that's fine by me, just don't expect me to agree.

24 min later 1020760 Anonymous
You're homophobic, OP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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