Anonymous #3 9w

Did you not read the comment about her literally founding an organization to remove legal protections for ppl

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Anonymous ratdealer 9w

Well hatred is more than just a general dislike so I’d say still not a phobia also you guys aren’t using for the second definition you absolutely are using it for the first one.

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Anonymous #6 9w

buddy, homophobia and transphobia have never meant literal fear. it’s always meant aversion and dislike.

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Anonymous #9 9w

Unfortunately I am a literal person, phobia means fear. Idc what you say dislike and hatred arent the same, hatred is deep rooted there’s got to be another word for it.

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Anonymous #6 9w

you being a "literal person" doesn't change established definitions lol you just sound dumb

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Anonymous #5 9w

Yeah and the first is the established definition

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Anonymous #6 9w

do you disagree with the definition of hydrophobic by the same reasoning then? transphobia has an established definition that is different from “phobia of trans people”, they’re separate words

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Anonymous #7 9w

Did you not read the comment that says “who cares?”, because you didn’t address it at all.

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Anonymous #5 9w

You kinda sound dumb too though tbh

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Anonymous #11 9w

And you are here because?

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Anonymous #9 9w

Hydrophobic being the property of being repelled is not the same as the literal fear which is once again phobia that’s the ending. Idc if you agree or not lol y’all words mean nothing phobia is to fear find another word for hatred cause it ain’t really phobia.

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Anonymous #6 9w

yeah. Hydrophobic has an established definition about being water repellent, transphobic has an established definition of being prejudiced against trans people. I was trying to ask why you consider those differently. Are there other examples of words where you disagree with general consensus due to roots? Nice used to mean stupid and awful used to mean amazing, do you stick to those definitions? I’m not really understanding why it’s an issue for word meanings to differ from their parts.

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Anonymous #9 9w

Probably because I never spoke on the word transphobic at all, and maybe because every time I comment it was transphobia or phobia. Don’t alter what I said to fit your narrative. I never said transphobic so why’d you bring it up.

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Anonymous #9 9w

Good thing there’s this thing called connotation and denotation of words. Words changes mean in language and society through context, connotation but not necessary through denotation. F*g meant bundle of sticks, older woman in society, now it means gay man or if you watch South Park a Harley rider lol.

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Anonymous #6 9w

I….. What? Then what did you originally comment on?? the poll said transphobic, you said “phobic” in your comment which I assumed was related to the word in the poll… you are aware we can scroll up?

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Anonymous #9 9w

Then my apologies I misspoke, I always meant phobia not phobic.

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Anonymous #6 9w

okay, I guess? glad we’re partially on the same page. But I’m honestly confused why that makes a difference, the greek root is still the same, I was assuming the logic would apply to either. It’s just conjugation, arachnophobia, arachnophobic, transphobia, transphobic, etc. Am I misunderstanding what you meant?

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