using the word 'gay' as an insult

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zexen_lowe said:

Kasz216 said:

Actually homophobes largely deserve pity more then anything else based on the scientific research.

Homophobia as a stance doesn't seem to have the same origins of other phobias. 

 

Although it itself puts homosexuality in a negative light this is the best analogy i can think of at the moment.

For most homophobes research suggests they hate and fear gay people for the same reason recovering alcholics hate and fear bars.

IE most homophobes are closet homosexuals, even to themselves... and as such being around gay people and gay acts makes them incredibly uncomfortable because it confuses them since they have such urges.

 

That's a very interesting point if such research is true. Sadly (or luckily) I don't know any homophobic people, so I can't test it out, but it would both explain it properly, and be increidibly ironic

You don't know any homophobic people? Wow, I guess I'll just have to move to wherever you live! Right now I live in a small town in Ohio, where its almost impossible to completely avoid them. But yes, I have read psychological studies that show homophobic males are more arroused by homosexual porn than nonhomophobic males.

 

Anyway, I find the that using the term "gay" as stupid is slightly offensive. I'm not gonna start rioting in the streets, but come on, with a little common sense its not hard to realize that it is insulting a minority group. Gays are already discriminated against enough in American society. Do they have to live with the fact that people are constantly equating them to the term "stupid" as well?