Quote: (04-30-2013 11:53 PM)kbell Wrote:
Phobia which is normally a rather nasty psychological fear of something. To the point it effects everyday life. Like claustrophobia (fear of tight places) where a person would go out of their way to avoid being in enclosed tight spaces.
Its now used as a political term to bash opposing view points. The people throwing out these terms are also not psychologist as well.
Homophobic
Islamophobic
Those are the more popular ones I can think of. Granted they use an ic rather than ia at the end of the word.
Some dude on twitter has been moaning about Islamophobia, and I pointed out to him that "There's nothing irrational about holding a negative view of a religion that murders people over drawings. Phobia = irrational"
Anyway, that's a debate for another day.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. - H L Mencken