H0m0phobia

[QUOTE="chicknfeet"][QUOTE="mexicangordo"] Well though that doesn't happen often, I do agree with your first part of the sentence. I too see Homophobia less of a "phobia" by definition and more so by discrimination. Phobia has a very general definition and by that sense can branch out and mean tons of different things. With that said, homophobia can be "an initial fear" but from what Ive seen most of the time its just personal hate and discrimination.

mexicangordo

having weird, negative feelings is different from acting on them. I dont think people who are weirded out by homosexuality really have a say in whether or not they like it, either they do or they dont. But knowing that they are people with the right to be treated like anybody else is different them feeling uncomfortable around them. You can be uncomfortable, but you can still treat them civilly.

"Homophobia". Ridiculous. Do people think gay people will rape and kill them, or something? Or are they perhaps afraid of being infected with gayness?

Litchie

No not necessarily. I have a post back a few comments with a few reasons as to how homophobia has developed in different ways if youd like to read it.

I think you can disagree with homosexuality without being homophobic. But if people want to be homophobic without being violent that's fine.

Don't agree with it, think its a choice. Honestly have no problems with ones that act normal. The ones that dress like women and participate in parades are sickening. Don't try to hit on me and we can be friends. Guess I still qualify to be labeled that though.

ChubbyGuy40

I don't think its really a completely a choice. For example, if you have been raised by really homophobic parents id say that those views generaly get passed onto that child or children. What a choice from that situation would be is maybe the choice to perhaps get more perspective on homosexuals? Broaden their knowledge? then I suppose its their choice after that.

IDC what other people think about about gays, as long as it doesn't impose on anyone's rights.

I don't mind being around gay people. Do I agree with their lifestyle? No. But I love and accept them-- their lifestyle is their business.

When people see other people who are extremely different from themselves who they can't relate to they tend to hate on them. Homophobia has no basis other then that or religion, both which direct hatred towards people who have done nothing but make a private personal choice. I don't see why homophobia has to happen besides to be hateful and non accepting of other people's personal choices. It's your right to hate but it's the people who try to use that right to take other people's rights away that piss me off.

It's everyone's right to have negative feelings toward whatever the hell they want... provided they keep those feelings to themselves...67gt500

Homophobia itself i fine with me. People hate things all the time and we don't call them thingyphobia. BUT, extreme homophobia is stupid since it will not change anything but will make things worse. Keep it for yourself for the most part.GazaAli

Note: This is only my opinion and probably someone will share it.
I can't say I a homophobe, but I admit that I dislike homosexuality. Yes, it might be religious, but as a Christian, I stand by that it is only man and woman, and not man and man, and woman and woman. On my Christian basis, I believe it is a sign of humanity's depravation, Sodoma and Gomorra. But, sometimes people think that is a gullible belief. Then, I state what I believe as simply person:
I stand, and I work for what is mankind's development. Does killing bring progression? It does not, it only causes death and destruction. Do wars do something good? Apart from mindless rage sometimes, unless you are retaliating, there is no reason for a war. Is thievery a good? Unless you think the world has stolen from you and are a paranoic egoistic bastard, there's no reason for it, and only deprives the people of their possessions. Do drugs do any enchancements? No, they merely kill your brain cells and eventually, deprive you of your conciousness and sanity. (Note, I am aware that certain drugs, if used correctly, are benefactors to our body, such as those used as medicines in limited quantities or anesthesia during a surgery,etc). Now, does homosexuality bring any good to humanity? Sexual intercourse between man and man only brings illness such as AIDS or HIV, in which case, it instead destroys society. Same goes for fornication, if I am a man, and I practice sexual intercourse with ten different women per week, I will eventually develop an illness. All of the stated above are what I believe actually deprives us of advancement. And yes, that's what I believe is mainly depriving us of development. Some other issues such as lazyness, the lack of punishment (yes, parents need to punish their kids so they do not become spoiled brats) and some other issues are to be mentioned.

I chose the fifth answer.

I do feel like everyone has the right to have own their opinion. However, I feel like homophobia is on the same level as racism. It makes me really mad. A lot of the time, I just avoid the issue as much as I can because I feel like there's no way to reason with homophobic behavior.

Homophobians aren't disliked by me, because everybody is entitled to an opinion. But to me its like say, me and other straights have a hamsandwich, but gays have a different kind that nobody else likes and then everybody else automatically thinks its wrong because they don't like it.

I don't mind gay people, but I hate how some of them feel the need to constantly express themselves. They try to get up in your face with their homosexuality, which annoys me. I don't go out in public feeling the need to express my heterosexuality so why should they be any different? Though different is a key word here. Obviously not in all, but some cases there is a biological reason, as in a chemical imbalance and/or psychological disability (not that those are exclusive to gays).

Note: This is only my opinion and probably someone will share it.
I can't say I a homophobe, but I admit that I dislike homosexuality. Yes, it might be religious, but as a Christian, I stand by that it is only man and woman, and not man and man, and woman and woman. On my Christian basis, I believe it is a sign of humanity's depravation, Sodoma and Gomorra. But, sometimes people think that is a gullible belief. Then, I state what I believe as simply person:
I stand, and I work for what is mankind's development. Does killing bring progression? It does not, it only causes death and destruction. Do wars do something good? Apart from mindless rage sometimes, unless you are retaliating, there is no reason for a war. Is thievery a good? Unless you think the world has stolen from you and are a paranoic egoistic bastard, there's no reason for it, and only deprives the people of their possessions. Do drugs do any enchancements? No, they merely kill your brain cells and eventually, deprive you of your conciousness and sanity. (Note, I am aware that certain drugs, if used correctly, are benefactors to our body, such as those used as medicines in limited quantities or anesthesia during a surgery,etc). Now, does homosexuality bring any good to humanity? Sexual intercourse between man and man only brings illness such as AIDS or HIV, in which case, it instead destroys society. Same goes for fornication, if I am a man, and I practice sexual intercourse with ten different women per week, I will eventually develop an illness. All of the stated above are what I believe actually deprives us of advancement. And yes, that's what I believe is mainly depriving us of development. Some other issues such as lazyness, the lack of punishment (yes, parents need to punish their kids so they do not become spoiled brats) and some other issues are to be mentioned.

raimgamer

@Cybrcatter - Thank you, I've been wanting to type that in a long time.raimgamer

[QUOTE="raimgamer"]@Cybrcatter - Thank you, I've been wanting to type that in a long time.sherman-tank1

[QUOTE="raimgamer"]@Cybrcatter - Thank you, I've been wanting to type that in a long time.sherman-tank1

I don't have a problem with Homosexuals. Its their decision. Even though I don't believe in it I don't harass people for what they feel is right. gmaster456

Everybody hates somebody... so long as they don't use their hate to effect the lives of those they hate...

Note: This is only my opinion and probably someone will share it.
I can't say I a homophobe, but I admit that I dislike homosexuality. Yes, it might be religious, but as a Christian, I stand by that it is only man and woman, and not man and man, and woman and woman. On my Christian basis, I believe it is a sign of humanity's depravation, Sodoma and Gomorra. But, sometimes people think that is a gullible belief. Then, I state what I believe as simply person:
I stand, and I work for what is mankind's development. Does killing bring progression? It does not, it only causes death and destruction. Do wars do something good? Apart from mindless rage sometimes, unless you are retaliating, there is no reason for a war. Is thievery a good? Unless you think the world has stolen from you and are a paranoic egoistic bastard, there's no reason for it, and only deprives the people of their possessions. Do drugs do any enchancements? No, they merely kill your brain cells and eventually, deprive you of your conciousness and sanity. (Note, I am aware that certain drugs, if used correctly, are benefactors to our body, such as those used as medicines in limited quantities or anesthesia during a surgery,etc). Now, does homosexuality bring any good to humanity? Sexual intercourse between man and man only brings illness such as AIDS or HIV, in which case, it instead destroys society. Same goes for fornication, if I am a man, and I practice sexual intercourse with ten different women per week, I will eventually develop an illness. All of the stated above are what I believe actually deprives us of advancement. And yes, that's what I believe is mainly depriving us of development. Some other issues such as lazyness, the lack of punishment (yes, parents need to punish their kids so they do not become spoiled brats) and some other issues are to be mentioned.

raimgamer

Wow this is amazing. I applaud you sir

...I practice sexual intercourse with ten different women per week

raimgamer

Please elaborate. (preferably with links)

One thing is to be gay another thing is to be an ultra feminine guy or super masculine girl that turns people away from even wanting to interact with them because they think you're just overdoing it on purpose to make a statement about your sexuality.

So homophobia is understandable, but definitely should not be acted upon

I don't really understand it, personally, but I don't care about how other people think or feel as long as they don't negatively affect other people's lives. Basically, I don't really care if you're racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. as long as you keep it to yourself and don't take negative actions. I'm not going to tell other people how they should think, even if/when I really disagree with how they think. They're entitled to that, but I don't think that they're entitled to be violent, oppressive, etc. Homophobia saddens me, but it's not really my place to tell others what to do.t3hrubikscube

This pretty much sums up how i feel. I don't agree with homophobia, but at the same time don't really care about it as long as a homophobic person acts tolerant and keeps their negative opinions to themselves, as one would want to keep their negative opinions of any person to themselves on any occasion. It's not like one WANTS to be homophobic or have negative feelings towards homosexuals (most of the time anyways).

Honestly I don't like homosexuals. They kinda annoy me. I don't have any fear or hate towards homosexuals, I just simply don't like them. However I do believe that they should have the same rights as straight people.

Anyway, regarding the topic, I have a phobia of homophobes. (because they are gay)

[QUOTE="raimgamer"]

Note: This is only my opinion and probably someone will share it.
I can't say I a homophobe, but I admit that I dislike homosexuality. Yes, it might be religious, but as a Christian, I stand by that it is only man and woman, and not man and man, and woman and woman. On my Christian basis, I believe it is a sign of humanity's depravation, Sodoma and Gomorra. But, sometimes people think that is a gullible belief. Then, I state what I believe as simply person:
I stand, and I work for what is mankind's development. Does killing bring progression? It does not, it only causes death and destruction. Do wars do something good? Apart from mindless rage sometimes, unless you are retaliating, there is no reason for a war. Is thievery a good? Unless you think the world has stolen from you and are a paranoic egoistic bastard, there's no reason for it, and only deprives the people of their possessions. Do drugs do any enchancements? No, they merely kill your brain cells and eventually, deprive you of your conciousness and sanity. (Note, I am aware that certain drugs, if used correctly, are benefactors to our body, such as those used as medicines in limited quantities or anesthesia during a surgery,etc). Now, does homosexuality bring any good to humanity? Sexual intercourse between man and man only brings illness such as AIDS or HIV, in which case, it instead destroys society. Same goes for fornication, if I am a man, and I practice sexual intercourse with ten different women per week, I will eventually develop an illness. All of the stated above are what I believe actually deprives us of advancement. And yes, that's what I believe is mainly depriving us of development. Some other issues such as lazyness, the lack of punishment (yes, parents need to punish their kids so they do not become spoiled brats) and some other issues are to be mentioned.

gmaster456

Wow this is amazing. I applaud you sir

Its like one big, beautiful, homophobic-savant manifesto... worthy of applause indeed...

Honestly I don't like homosexuals. They kinda annoy me. I don't have any fear or hate towards homosexuals, I just simply don't like them. However I do believe that they should have the same rights as straight people.

Gibsonsg527

Now, does homosexuality bring any good to humanity? Sexual intercourse between man and man only brings illness such as AIDS or HIV, in which case, it instead destroys society.

raimgamer

Dont hope to make yourself feel better and others to treat you as a rational humanbeing, by cowering behind the excuse that these are just your opinions.

Although depending on the person the first can be achieved, sadly.

Anyway, on topic, assuming we are talking about the hatred of homosexuality with a very intense desire to make it look like repulsive, immoral etc through arguments that make little sense and/or hide the real reasons, my stance on it is anger.

Through my prespective homosexuality is the next scape-goat. Some people just want to blame, point fingers at something and distract their attention with it. The fact that they indulge to this so much disgusts me; probably more than homophobes are disgusted by homosexuality. So take that!

I don't have any problem with homosexuals, I just don't like it when they are overly flamboyant.

I don't agree with it...rcignoni

I never understood this...

Its not a presidential canidates forgien policy or the interpretation of a film... its a person... so you don't agree... with the existence of an individual?

[QUOTE="rcignoni"]I don't agree with it...heysharpshooter

I never understood this...

Its not a presidential canidates forgien policy or the interpretation of a film... its a person... so you don't agree... with the existence of an individual?

[QUOTE="gmaster456"]

[QUOTE="raimgamer"]

Note: This is only my opinion and probably someone will share it.
I can't say I a homophobe, but I admit that I dislike homosexuality. Yes, it might be religious, but as a Christian, I stand by that it is only man and woman, and not man and man, and woman and woman. On my Christian basis, I believe it is a sign of humanity's depravation, Sodoma and Gomorra. But, sometimes people think that is a gullible belief. Then, I state what I believe as simply person:
I stand, and I work for what is mankind's development. Does killing bring progression? It does not, it only causes death and destruction. Do wars do something good? Apart from mindless rage sometimes, unless you are retaliating, there is no reason for a war. Is thievery a good? Unless you think the world has stolen from you and are a paranoic egoistic bastard, there's no reason for it, and only deprives the people of their possessions. Do drugs do any enchancements? No, they merely kill your brain cells and eventually, deprive you of your conciousness and sanity. (Note, I am aware that certain drugs, if used correctly, are benefactors to our body, such as those used as medicines in limited quantities or anesthesia during a surgery,etc). Now, does homosexuality bring any good to humanity? Sexual intercourse between man and man only brings illness such as AIDS or HIV, in which case, it instead destroys society. Same goes for fornication, if I am a man, and I practice sexual intercourse with ten different women per week, I will eventually develop an illness. All of the stated above are what I believe actually deprives us of advancement. And yes, that's what I believe is mainly depriving us of development. Some other issues such as lazyness, the lack of punishment (yes, parents need to punish their kids so they do not become spoiled brats) and some other issues are to be mentioned.

heysharpshooter

Wow this is amazing. I applaud you sir

Its like one big, beautiful, homophobic-savant manifesto... worthy of applause indeed...

Note: This is only my opinion and probably someone will share it.
I can't say I a homophobe, but I admit that I dislike homosexuality. Yes, it might be religious, but as a Christian, I stand by that it is only man and woman, and not man and man, and woman and woman. On my Christian basis, I believe it is a sign of humanity's depravation, Sodoma and Gomorra. But, sometimes people think that is a gullible belief. Then, I state what I believe as simply person:
I stand, and I work for what is mankind's development. Does killing bring progression? It does not, it only causes death and destruction. Do wars do something good? Apart from mindless rage sometimes, unless you are retaliating, there is no reason for a war. Is thievery a good? Unless you think the world has stolen from you and are a paranoic egoistic bastard, there's no reason for it, and only deprives the people of their possessions. Do drugs do any enchancements? No, they merely kill your brain cells and eventually, deprive you of your conciousness and sanity. (Note, I am aware that certain drugs, if used correctly, are benefactors to our body, such as those used as medicines in limited quantities or anesthesia during a surgery,etc). Now, does homosexuality bring any good to humanity? Sexual intercourse between man and man only brings illness such as AIDS or HIV, in which case, it instead destroys society. Same goes for fornication, if I am a man, and I practice sexual intercourse with ten different women per week, I will eventually develop an illness. All of the stated above are what I believe actually deprives us of advancement. And yes, that's what I believe is mainly depriving us of development. Some other issues such as lazyness, the lack of punishment (yes, parents need to punish their kids so they do not become spoiled brats) and some other issues are to be mentioned.

raimgamer

Thanks for helping me out raim :)

But I have to say, you've sort of looked at things a little narrow mindedly.I mean, no offence at all, but most of what you stated was obvious if you really think about it. Actions that are not of social norms, stealing, killing etc are going to be seen as bad basically. I don't tend to think of the actions of humanity...more the motives. If someone killed another person but in self defence (I know its quite hard to claim to self defend in the eyes of the law now) but say it ticked all the boxes, is that still "bad"?

[QUOTE="heysharpshooter"]

[QUOTE="rcignoni"]I don't agree with it...rcignoni

I never understood this...

Its not a presidential canidates forgien policy or the interpretation of a film... its a person... so you don't agree... with the existence of an individual?

Its like disagreeing with trees... there is nothing to disagree with except that they exist... I don't get it...

Just because I have now started reading up on this, if your Gay Bisexual or Lesbian, your more likely to take drugs, drink and smoke! Now there's some thing I didn't know!

DivineSausage

Then you've been gravely mislead, or have really taken on board certain things in the wrong way :lol:

[QUOTE="rcignoni"][QUOTE="heysharpshooter"]

I never understood this...

Its not a presidential canidates forgien policy or the interpretation of a film... its a person... so you don't agree... with the existence of an individual?

heysharpshooter

Its like disagreeing with trees... there is nothing to disagree with except that they exist... I don't get it...

[QUOTE="heysharpshooter"]

[QUOTE="rcignoni"] ....did you just ignore the part where I said I accept differing opinions though I may disagree with them? I'm not talking about individuals, I'm talking about their beliefs.toast_burner

Its like disagreeing with trees... there is nothing to disagree with except that they exist... I don't get it...

wait... nvm... I believe I misunderstood his original post... my appologies...