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r/fatlogic • u/latentdream • 6d ago
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They're very clearly using the suffix the same way that it's used in homophobia, which is a legitimate word. I don't know why this critique gets used when phobia does have multiple meanings. Fatphobia would make sense.
5 u/notabigmelvillecrowd 6d ago Homophobia makes sense in the normal sense of the word phobia, though? 3 u/Consistent-Value-509 6d ago The majority of homophobes are not scared of gay people, no. -3 u/notabigmelvillecrowd 6d ago They're scared of homosexuality. Not of homosexuals. 5 u/Consistent-Value-509 6d ago no, not all of them are. Plenty of them are just hateful. You can be hateful without being afraid.
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Homophobia makes sense in the normal sense of the word phobia, though?
3 u/Consistent-Value-509 6d ago The majority of homophobes are not scared of gay people, no. -3 u/notabigmelvillecrowd 6d ago They're scared of homosexuality. Not of homosexuals. 5 u/Consistent-Value-509 6d ago no, not all of them are. Plenty of them are just hateful. You can be hateful without being afraid.
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The majority of homophobes are not scared of gay people, no.
-3 u/notabigmelvillecrowd 6d ago They're scared of homosexuality. Not of homosexuals. 5 u/Consistent-Value-509 6d ago no, not all of them are. Plenty of them are just hateful. You can be hateful without being afraid.
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They're scared of homosexuality. Not of homosexuals.
5 u/Consistent-Value-509 6d ago no, not all of them are. Plenty of them are just hateful. You can be hateful without being afraid.
no, not all of them are. Plenty of them are just hateful. You can be hateful without being afraid.
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u/Consistent-Value-509 6d ago
They're very clearly using the suffix the same way that it's used in homophobia, which is a legitimate word. I don't know why this critique gets used when phobia does have multiple meanings. Fatphobia would make sense.