• nomous@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I can understand how it could be interpreted that way but that’s not what I mean at all.

    Out of curiosity, what percentage of homophobia do you think is caused by latent homosexuality?

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      5 months ago

      It doesn’t matter if it’s not what you mean unless you express what you mean explicitly.

      And people don’t say that explicitly. They just say that every time someone says something homophobic in the news, they’re closeted. Every time.

      And how the hell am I supposed to know what percentage? More than zero and less than 100?

      I’m guessing closer to zero than 100 for the same reason there are antisemitic Jews out there but the vast majority of antisemites aren’t Jewish. Can you point to a time that you’ve suggested that an antisemite is actually a Jew? And if not, why not if it’s so common for homophobes to be queer?

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        5 months ago

        And how the hell am I supposed to know what percentage? More than zero and less than 100?

        Seems pretty relevant to the discussion, 10% is way different than 90%.

        I’m guessing closer to zero than 100

        But you’re just guessing.

        for the same reason there are antisemitic Jews out there but the vast majority of antisemites aren’t Jewish.

        What reason is that?

        Can you point to a time that you’ve suggested that an antisemite is actually a Jew? And if not, why not if it’s so common for homophobes to be queer?

        I’m sure I never said that, I usually call antisemites Nazis/bigot/fuckhead or something similar.

        And if not, why not if it’s so common for homophobes to be queer?

        We’ve already been over this. I suspect we’re not going to come to an agreement on this, have a nice night Squid.

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          5 months ago

          We haven’t already been over this. All you’ve said is sexuality is a spectrum.

          Disability is a spectrum. Everyone has their own little disabilities. So if you use an ableist word like the R-word, you’re disabled. Based on your own reasoning. And you still don’t see it.