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I just looked at the link to the word "homophobia."


Comes into existance in 69 with some clinical psychologist.


Just as I suspected.


There is no entry for "hetrophobia" at Wikipiedia.

These people should know better than to piss me off.

Soon enough.....I will challange their prejudices too!

I just added a line to the Wiki information on me.

Quote:

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Buors accuses his detractors of "hetrophobia" for wanting to paint him with the homophobe label

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We shall se how long our "neutral" judge at Wiki stands for that.

Spelling is an important skill, especially if you want to look things up with any accuracy.

Hetero. Not Hetro. Deviant. Not Diviant. Anyway.

Wikipedia has had an article on Heterophobia since August 27 2004.

"Heterophobia is a term used to describe perceived prejudice or discrimination against heterosexuals, usually in the context of the heterophobic person being homosexual or bisexual. This usage is a neologism, first appearing in print in 1990 as an analogy to homophobia. It does not have much currency outside the field of sexology, and has limited use even within that field.

Actual discrimination against heterosexuals is extremely rare, and exists more within the perceptions of some heterosexual individuals than as a documentable social phenomenon. As coined by Daphne Patai, heterophobia entails a critique of perceived tendencies within the feminist movement. Patai claims that feminism has become virulently anti-male, so much so that women within the movement who associate with men or love men are ostracized."

I fail to see how this applies to any of the participants in this thread---I'm assuming that most of us are straight, so we must have an awful time looking in the mirror. Aie!

I also fail to see how homophobic doesn't apply to you. You were/narrowly missed being molested by someone you thought to be gay. This has caused you to tar and feather all gay people. If this isn't an irrational fear, I don't know what is. If you're going to press on and say that this is a choice on your part, then I suggest you read whatever your favourite philosopher wrote about induction and how to properly practice it.

Thanks for the spelling lesson again. That was my worst subject next to all the others.


Heterophobia....typed it into Wikipiedia and there was no entry.

But I think that is an appropriate word to label my detractors with.

Words mean exactly what you want them to mean said the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland.

So what hetro's need is a fighting word to balance off against the label of homophobe.

Heterophobe will be exactly the right word. People who are afraid to be labled as a homophobe will have a come back.

Heterophobe sounds like an opposite to homophobe no matter what the Wiki or any other people want to attach to the term.

Call me a homophobe I call you a hetrophobe.

That will resonate with the general public.

Or at least i'm willing to take the chace that it does considering there are few ways to fight psychaitric stigmatizations.

But fight I shall.

What you are telling me is that Wikipiedia is too hard to use unless you are more knowledgeable about all the features.

I just clicked on edit at the bottom and the page told me that what was printed there was locked...so i could only add the line at the bottom.

At least adding the line provides what I call a balance. My detractors take shots at me and I defend.

Like I said the Link to the homphobe quote will soon be gone. And then I will ask for its removal.

"Or at least i'm willing to take the chace that it does considering there are few ways to fight psychaitric stigmatizations."

This is not a psychiatric stigmatization.
This is either a phobia or a faulty induction.
Since you seem to reject the well-established notion of phobias (psychiatric gobbledegook, I guess) then we're left with faulty induction from one molestor to all homosexuals.

I had a look at the change.


That I can live with.


There is a great explanation that the word is linked to as well.

It pretty well makes my case.


There is a ying and a yang to everything.

At least the item seems balanced because I get to take a shot at my detractors too.

That is at least more balanced.

But like I said in the grand scheme of things Wikipiedia ought to be above the National Inquirer level of demonizations with pejoritive words.