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tkadm30

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I'm sick of people using internet forums to bash on homosexuality as a way to demonstrate their lower mind density. Homophobia is totally unacceptable and unscientific. There's no reason to tolerate this behavior.

 

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I tend to agree. Isn't often said that those that are the most aggressively homophobic are actually more likely to be repressed homosexuals themselves?

 

I think it is learnt behaviour from an age not so long past. It has only been legal for a few decades in the UK and is still illegal in many places. Most homophobes I meet that want to talk about how disgusting gay marriage is and the like tend to have fathers that have been aggressively homophobic and have threatened their kids to never be gay. (mass generalization I know - but not uncommon).

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I'm sick of people using internet forums to bash on homosexuality as a way to demonstrate their lower mind density. Homophobia is totally unacceptable and unscientific. There's no reason to tolerate this behavior.

 

I hope this helps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the contrary, homophobia is very scientific. In psychology we have studied and mostly discerned the various cognitive dissonance and defense mechanisms of the mind that often afflict folks. A phobia is, after all, an irrational fear, and so phobias are also an area of psychological study. Thus, scientific. I can delve into the most common psychological dynamics that are at work in people who are homophobic if you like, but I have a feeling you aren't really interested.

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On the contrary, homophobia is very scientific. In psychology we have studied and mostly discerned the various cognitive dissonance and defense mechanisms of the mind that often afflict folks. A phobia is, after all, an irrational fear, and so phobias are also an area of psychological study. Thus, scientific. I can delve into the most common psychological dynamics that are at work in people who are homophobic if you like, but I have a feeling you aren't really interested.

 

I agree with this. The study of homophobia and how internet is contributing to the emergence of this disorder is significant.

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On the contrary, homophobia is very scientific. In psychology we have studied and mostly discerned the various cognitive dissonance and defense mechanisms of the mind that often afflict folks. A phobia is, after all, an irrational fear, and so phobias are also an area of psychological study. Thus, scientific. I can delve into the most common psychological dynamics that are at work in people who are homophobic if you like, but I have a feeling you aren't really interested.

By that reasoning you may as well call astrology and homeopathy "scientific".

 

Or in other words, why subvert a thread by trying to redefine the topic?

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By that reasoning you may as well call astrology and homeopathy "scientific".

 

Or in other words, why subvert a thread by trying to redefine the topic?

 

I don't think Velocity_Boy hijacked the thread: The study of homophobia as a psychiatric disease (irrational fear of homosexuality) is interesting.

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I don't think Velocity_Boy hijacked the thread: The study of homophobia as a psychiatric disease (irrational fear of homosexuality) is interesting.

 

I thought the thread was about homophobic, non-scientific ranting. Phobias and other conditions can be analyzed scientifically, but the posts you originally objected to weren't like that. They were merely slurs against groups of people.

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Cyberhomophobia (homophobic bullying) is completely new to me. I was perhaps imprecise in my OP. However, I do advocate for raising awareness about this condition, as Velocity_Boy pointed out. Anyways, in no way I find this behavior acceptable on a science forum.

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