We have the right to hate homophobes if they have the right to hate us.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think the main reasons people disagreed with you is that 1)they are gay, and don't like to be hated on (who does?) 2) they think of people who are aggressive instead of some people who simply can't bring themselves to agree with homosexuality but keep it to themselves. I agreed with you, because other people have a rightto not like them as well. Just like how members of the KKK have a right to not like me, and I have a right to not like them. It is really a vicious circle of hate that I try not to perpetuate

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You say you have the right to hate the KKK. Therefore, if someone said "You shouldn't hate the KKK, amirite?" you would disagree.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I am really confused. I agreed because someone shouldn't be hated for their opinions as long as they don't violate anyone else's rights. However, people have a RIGHT to. Personally, I don't hate KKK members because they aren't violating my rights and everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Also, I'm pretty pacifistic. I think I'm just making myself less clear the more I type though...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If you say people have a right to hate gay people, they WILL act on that hatred, even if it's just voting republican at an election. In a democracy, an ignorant opinion (such as homophobia) is a disease that needs to be cured, or rights may be lost. The only treatment is to try to explain to homophobes why they're wrong, and to treat them with disrespect until they figure it out. If you only hate people who are violating //your// rights, that's pretty selfish. I am straight, male, and white. I am also pro-gay, pro-choice, and non-racist.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Your logic is whack

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I didn't see any use of logic in this post.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Thats true.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I just realized that your picture is the Joker. For some reason I always thought it was some kind of bird. That's really sad, considering your name is Joker...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If homophobes have the right to hate gays, doesn't that give everybody else the right to hate homophobes? Your logic is ridiculous. Also homophobia is not a belief you tard. It's a fear/hatred. I'm completely for respecting someone's beliefs. If you're against gay marriage and homosexuality, well that's your belief and you're entitled to that. There's only a problem when you act upon that belief and try to convert or restrict the rights of others. Otherwise you're free to think what you want.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's possible to disagree with homosexuality and not hate homosexuals. Example: I realize that homosexuals can't help the way they are just like I can't help the way that I'm heterosexual, BUT it doesn't quite make sense in my mind why the same sex of any species would find each other attractive.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's sort of how I am. A lot of my friends are gay, it doesn't bother me at all. I just can't see how in the world they find the same sex attractive...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Homophobia is fear of homosexuality, not hatred towards homosexuals.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I only became aware of this a year or two ago but a phobia can refer to both a fear and an extreme hatred. People just associate the word with fear so much that it has almost lost it's duel meaning.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm pretty sure that Phobos is the god of fear/horror.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Thats great. And the word phobia refers to both fear and hatred.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

As a word in the dictionary, yes. As a clinical description, no. It's a modern popularized slang use of the suffix -phobia and is generally considered a buzzword.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Homophobia - irrational fear or aversion toward homosexuality Aversion - intense dislike

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If you think the "-phobia" suffix is wrong you can always refer to it as "heterosexism" (and "cissexism" for transphobia). Both of these are in use and mean the same thing, without implying fear. :)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Either way the point still stands there's a huge difference between hating someone and hating their views.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ah, I get what you mean now. And I agree with that (to a certain extent). I thought you meant that fear =/= hate, so I thought you'd be interested in terms that don't imply fear. :)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

While there are people that hate gays, most people just disagree. Sure anyone has the right to hate anyone but just because one group disagrees with another's ways doesn't mean you should hate them. I'm sick of people thinking that just because someone doesn't like homosexuality, that they're automatically a Phelps

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If they have a right to hate on the gays then people have the right to hate on them. This isn't a one way street.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

A lot of my friends are gay. But im homophobic. Clearly I dont hate gay people, but just gay in general. The whole thing to me is disgusting. I want to gag when I think about it. But I can't hate the people because of their choices. Just saying

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Most of the homophobic people that I have met are such way because their religion says it's a sin, and "it's unnatural". Yeah, okay, that's why humans are not the ones to display homosexuality. Also, looking at it from the religious point of view, if you want to call it a sin, then why display so much hate for that sin if you won't show the same hatred for sinners guilty of adultery, murder, thieves, etc. Sexual preference has been found to be shown differently in a persons brain, making it a nature of either genetics or something that is clearly shown not to be of that persons choosing. Mothers or other family members of a person that comes out of the closet often say that they knew long before the person admitted it or sometimes, before they were even aware of it themselves. With all of the hate and abuse that has been directed towards the LGBT community, why on Earth would anyone actually want to CHOOSE to experience those things. Showing blatant hate to someone who is in no way actually harming or hating you is ridiculous in my mind. That is just me though, and I may be biased as I am bisexual myself, no, not bi-curious, bisexual. Being married means, even though I may have been attracted to either male or female people before, acting on such would be cheating. So, people say I should just consider myself straight. No one has the right to say what one person should or should not like. Honestly, is this the battle that must be fought?

by Anonymous 5 years ago