Are Phobias bad? If I were Claustrophobic (fear of tight spaces), or Acrophobic (fear of heights), or any of the other types of phobias, would you call me evil? If homophobia is truly about fear, how can you fault somebody for having a fear?
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Is Homophobia really a bad thing?
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When I was three my sister bit the head off of her Ken doll and whenever I hear that somebody is using the name Ken I imagine blood squirting around the room from their neck and I pee my pants. Is that a healthy fear or should I seek counseling?
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I don't have a position on homophobia because I think it reduces to hate. If you're afraid of gay people, then the cure is to get to know some. They're people just like you.
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Not totally reliable. The stories of children abused or cast out by their own parents for coming out as gay paint a tragic picture.
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A phobia is an irrational fear of something that's not likely to cause harm.
When this involves irrational fear of people being out to get you, then it is harmful to both persons and again therapy is recommended. I would only fault people who refuse counseling for their anxiety disorder.
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I wasn't asking for your help, I was asking for your opinion. Are you capable of offering an opinion?
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Yeah, I wouldn't call people being against homosexuality a "phobia" Attaching the term "phobia" to a word, is just a way of politicizing it. Just because you are against something, doesn't mean you are afraid of it.
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It's more subtle than that.
The problem is that fear generates anxiety and anxiety will colour your attitude to something. Often you are unaware that your actions are generating problems. You'd be surprised at how much of what you do is based on unconscious, unconsidered decision making.
The other reality is that homophobes really do hurt people by effectively signalling their intent to exclude the other.
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