why do people always say "homophobic"?

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i never got why the go to anti-gay phrase was homophobic, for a number of reasons:

1. just because someone doesn't like something doesn't mean they are afraid of said thing. i don't like leeks but i am not scared of leeks

2. -phobia connotates a debilitating, irrational fear of something. if you have a phobia, you aren't worried by your phobia- you are scared beyond reason. case in point, my mother had a coworker with a snake phobia and she recoiled from a brooch with a snake on it.

i just don't get it

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FYI I am in no way anti-gay, it's just always made me wonder

[ultimamax]

technically the whole word doesn't make sense. "fear of the same".

regardless, some words aren't literal. for example, xenophobia is typically characterized as hate of outsiders, rather than strictly fear.

[Treynolds416]

It's all about the connotation

[Harm94]

How about making a new word like homointolerante?

[Katadeus]

How about making a new word like homointolerante?

That makes a lot more sense
Could we drop the "e" on the end though?

[Harm94]

that's a typo. I could never spell the word "intolerant" without accidently adding a e.

[Alteration]

That makes a lot more sense
Could we drop the "e" on the end though?

Homointoleranté, senõr.

[Katadeus]

that's a typo. I could never spell the word "intolerant" without accidently adding a e.

ah ok sorry lol
Relatable, I do things like that too I think

[Mardalf]

yea that's always bugged me some

How about making a new word like homointolerante?

better but i dont think to disliking something is exactly the same as to be intolerant

[Hyaku.]

why do people always say "homophobic"?

because nohomo is too long