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2/15/2016 3:39:51 AM
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What are you trying to accomplish here? All I saw were stated facts.
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Educating the liberals.
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What misunderstanding did they have? I'm not quite sure.
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Their labels don't mean what they think they do.
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But they do. Our society accepts the meaning so there for they do. Society dictates words, not history. That's why and how word meanings change and it's actually beneficial to a language. [spoiler]I watched an entire "Through the worm hole" episode about it so I'm basically an expert.[/spoiler]
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You can't define a word by what its Latin/Greek roots are. Not all word definitions break down into each root. Sometimes it's to make it more efficient. Homosexualphobia is unnecessarily long.
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Extraordinary is an example of that Extra-Lots/More of Ordinary/ Average
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I'd rather people be educated on the language they speak.
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Are you stating that people who use the term Homophobia have no inkling of its origin? That's an incorrect assumption for many. I'm sure anyone who passed 10th grade English or took etymology knows that Homo means same and phobia means fear or aversion to a particular thing or situation.
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Edited by The Arxfiend: 2/15/2016 4:14:02 AMThe problem is, the word isn't based on either. It's based on slang.
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Incorrect. The word is based on the roots. Homophobia, like you stated, is literally the prejudice or aversion to the same. Given the context of the word, we can assume it's dictionary definition to mean "the prejudice or aversion to homosexuals." You have to remember, English adopted many words from other cultures. Just because this is true, doesn't mean these words can't be molded to fit what we feel is necessary.
