Why Is It Wrong To Be A Homophobe in Today's Society?

[curling]

I mean it seems like homophobes are the people that are considered physcologically embalanced now. WTH(what the hell) anyway what is wrong with being a homophobe? Can't someone detest the actual act of homosexualality without being considered having some type of phobe? I mean why are people that detest the act the ones that are looked at negatively instead of the people that do the act hmmm? What has changed? In the old days homosexuals are the ones that would have got psychiatric help to help them start liking women again. Now they send someone that is repulsed by the act to the shrink.


I mean who started this screwed up term in the first place? It must have been the gay owned media or some gay person. Don't get me wrong I would never beat up a homo or anything but I don't see why I would be considered a homophobe just because I don't condone their behavior. That is my perogative not to like seeing or the even the thought of two guys together is it not?




So my question is this why are people considered homophobes just because they don't condone the homosexual lifestyle?

 

[AGENT SHAGWELL]

I think the term Homophobia, is more used for people who fear homosexuals themselves, not necessarily just the sexual acts.

I don't personnaly like to see/hear about homosexual acts, but what a person whats to do with their body is up to them. The homosexual person I don't fear.

 

[RyanH]

Tell me this: WHY IS IT WRONG FOR SOMEONE TO BE GAY?

 

[curling]

Well Ryan that is really not the subject of the post. We can discuss that on another one if you wish. But this post is why is it wrong to be a homophobe. Or really what exactly is considered a homophobe. Because as Agent said it is a fear of homosexual activety. I don't fear it I just don't like it. So am I considered a homophobe? I mean who really fears it?

 

[plifter]

Tell me this: WHY IS IT WRONG FOR SOMEONE TO BE GAY?

Gay's spread a big bad nasty ass virus at a MUCH HIGHER RATE than normal people. Don't start your bitching either because you know this is a fact. Just stop by the Center for Disease Control website if you need help understanding this because I'm not going to get into this argument again with a bunch of gays and gay lovers.

 

[Weapon X]

I don't think that homosexuals are mentally disturbed or sick or evil or sinful or anything like that.
However, I do object to the term "homophobe." If we look at the roots of the word, we have homo- which means "the same" as in homogenous, and we have "phobe" which is fear, as in claustrophobia.
This would imply a fear of sameness.
Perhaps it would be better to say that those who dislike homosexuals are actually displaying a sort of xenophobia - a fear of things which are different.
I also do not believe that those who dislike gays and lesbians are "afraid" of them. It is a purposeful misuse of language to label them "homo-phobic." I do not like morons, but I would not consider myself a "moronphobe."

 

[RyanH]

Personally, I like it when someone hates me....It only makes me all the more stronger, and all the more determined to slam dunk everyone else's ass in whatever it is I do.

And thus far, I've accomplished just that.

 

[musclebrains]

What is wrong with being racist or sexist? After all, some of my best friends are black and my mother is a woman. It's not the PEOPLE I dislike, it's their color and sex. Give me a break. That's how much logic your position holds, Curling.

Gay people seek protection under the law, not your approval. Nobody can make you like black people or women, either, but they deserve protection.

As for the argument that gay people deserve stigmatizing because of AIDS, I assume that Mr. Plifter means only to stigmatize gay men while approving of lesbians, who have the culture's lowest rate of HIV transmission. Moreover, I assume, he condemns heterosexual black Africans, who actually comprise the globe's greatest transmitters of HIV.

 

[manny78]

Tell me this: WHY IS IT WRONG FOR SOMEONE TO BE GAY?

nothing but I dont really like some queers......

 

[havoc]

What's Clark Kent without a telephone booth?