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Google has been running a campaign for two years about gay rights and discouraging 'homophobia' (https://www.google.com/diversity/legalise-love.html https://www
by coloncapitald 13y ago
Google has been running a campaign for two years about gay rights and discouraging 'homophobia' (https://www.google.com/diversity/legalise-love.html https://www.google.com/diversity/legalise-love.html). Also, three main sponsors of Olympics including AT&T have also spoken out against Russian laws.
- ZoFreX 13y agoI'm curious. Why the scare quotes?
- theknown99 13y agoPerhaps because "homophobia" isn't a good word for it. Hitler wasn't a jewphobe.
- antimagic 13y agoWell, homophobia is generally supposed to be considered in the light of Yoda-ism "Fear leads to hate..."
- theknown99 13y agoVerging offtopic I guess but: As an example though, I'm not a pedophileaphobe - I'm not afraid of pedophiles. I think what they do is wrong. The number of people who are "afraid" of homosexuals is miniscule. Most people who you'd label "homophobic" actually just believe that homosexuality is wrong, not that it's scary. So the "homophobic" tag is pretty silly.
- James_Duval 13y agoThey are not scared of homosexuals, but of homosexuality. It represents a threat to set values and a set way of living to certain individuals. If it wasn't considered a threat to those values, why suppress it? It's homophobia.
- mrjj 13y agoas trivial aversion do
- lclarkmichalek 13y agoIt's a good word for it. It has an established meaning, it is universally understood, etc etc. The fundamental use of language is to communicate, and I don't really think homophobia fails in this respect. There are plenty of non-"good" words for other things in the English language that get used very often without people quoting them or complaining about their use.
- theknown99 13y agoIf you went around capturing and torturing spiders, would you be called an arachnophobe? It's just a bit silly. Yes, words get misused all the time, and English is imperfect, but this one just seems ridiculous to me.
- carlob 13y ago> Also, three main sponsors of Olympics including AT&T have also spoken out against Russian laws. "Spoken out", boohoo! So scary! They'd better put their money where their mouth is.