Transphobes do not have psychological phobias. You’re being overly literal.
There’s a strong argument that we shouldn’t be using psychological terms in this way, in the same way that we shouldn’t casually describe things as “schizophrenic” or “autistic”, but there is no ambiguity about what is meant.
I initially thought it was a funny way to address it. I’m straight, but I got bullied and called gay constantly in school because I didn’t fit the rural, huntin’, big belt buckle, rebel flag, cowboy boot wearing stereotype of masculinity.
To them, being called gay was the worse thing you could do to them because it called their masculinity into question.
When I was 17 I called this cowboy hat, belt buckle kid a homophobe for calling me gay. At first he thought I was calling him a homo, and it was so funny to say, “it means you’re such a pussy that you’re scared of queers.”
I think it was worse for him than if I had called him gay. Then he had to go on a tirade about how he wasn’t scared of queers, so I replied, “Ah, you’re just scared you might be queer. I see.”
I went home with a blacked eye, but I never lay in bed wishing I had said anything different with that one haha.
isn’t it something more than phobic? you wouldn’t call the KKK “blackphobic”….
sure she has an irrational fear, but i think the irrational hatred and active oppression is more of the problem here
One more case of “etymology is definition”. A lipophobic substance doesn’t fear fat, it is repulsed.
“Phobia” describing bigotry is not the “phobia” in things like arachnophobia.
Transphobes do not have psychological phobias. You’re being overly literal.
There’s a strong argument that we shouldn’t be using psychological terms in this way, in the same way that we shouldn’t casually describe things as “schizophrenic” or “autistic”, but there is no ambiguity about what is meant.
Fear != Hate. 100% agree with you on that.
The whole phobia-narrative really is wearing out itself.
I initially thought it was a funny way to address it. I’m straight, but I got bullied and called gay constantly in school because I didn’t fit the rural, huntin’, big belt buckle, rebel flag, cowboy boot wearing stereotype of masculinity.
To them, being called gay was the worse thing you could do to them because it called their masculinity into question.
When I was 17 I called this cowboy hat, belt buckle kid a homophobe for calling me gay. At first he thought I was calling him a homo, and it was so funny to say, “it means you’re such a pussy that you’re scared of queers.”
I think it was worse for him than if I had called him gay. Then he had to go on a tirade about how he wasn’t scared of queers, so I replied, “Ah, you’re just scared you might be queer. I see.”
I went home with a blacked eye, but I never lay in bed wishing I had said anything different with that one haha.