Subj : Re: New to this
To   : Dumas Walker
From : boraxman
Date : Sat May 17 2025 20:23:48

On 16 May 2025 at 09:24a, Dumas Walker pondered and said...
 
 DW> >  Ni>  bo> Just shouting "---phobic" does the trick is most circumstances
 DW> >  Ni> Sometimes I think "--phobic" terminology isn't really accurate.  If
 DW> >  Ni> someone is "homophobic", for instance, I don't think they're afraid
 DW> >  Ni> that term seems to be used for people who generally disagree with b
 DW> >  Ni> that way, rather than being afraid of it.
 DW> 
 DW> > i agree phobic just means fear of
 DW> > there is a term for hatred
 DW> > ---misia
 DW> > like transmisias are people i can never like!
 DW> 
 DW> I suspect they used -phobia because people who have a strong dislike for
 DW> things often do so out of fear (i.e. spiders or snakes).  I still believe
 DW> there are a lot of people who have -phobias towards certain groups of
 DW> people but, yes, these days it is also very obvious that some people are
 DW> just hateful.
 DW> 

I just saw an annoying ad on TV, with celebrities carping on about "Hate" and all the "phobias".

It's beyond parody now.  People are so so sick of the preaching and the SJW messaging in their face every damn day.

They're tilting at windmills here, seeing all this bigotry and hate which just isn't there.

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