The word "phobia" has been hijacked by the left to paint everyone else bad

[Nehezbegar]

You mean like communist, conservative, liberal, freedom, limited government, left, right and just about every other word when it relates to politics? All of them are commonly misused. The OP did it in his title, I do enjoy me some irony.

Confucius said that the fixing of the country should be started from fixing of the concepts, i think it is very important to operate with words that have a proper meaning to them.

[Machismo]

Why did the OP hijack the definitions for the words "hijack" "left" and "paint?"

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Confucius said that the fixing of the country should be started from fixing of the concepts, i think it is very important to operate with words that have a proper meaning to them.

Then tell the OP to not hijack the meanings of three words in his title.

[Serpha]

Well, according to certain sorts, science is just leftist propaganda anyway.

From what I read science is another form of patriarchal control over Africans and alt-right propaganda.

[Moralgy]

Guess it is time to start calling it what it is then:

Being-a-giant-dick-to-a-section-of-humanity-for-no-legitimate-reason.

Might get a little hard to use, but at least it gets the point through, right? I look forward to people like the OP calling out all the being-a-giant-dick-to-a-section-of-humanity-for-no-legitimate-reason for the rest of their life now that we solved the big issue with the whole thing, the word it was being called before.

[Deleted]

So the OP quoted Merriam Webster I kind do it too :

Intolerance or aversion for

You know what word has been hijacked from his original sense ? "Hijack" "left" "paint", should we boo you too because you apply a different meaning than the first one created for that word ?
Yes words can have several meanings and change through time, big deal so what ?

The idea of "phobia" being hijacked for some kind of evil agenda just show how much delusional and out of argument you are when you can only do some (wrong) semantic argument. That do not invalidate xenophobia and other lovely things existance, just put a name on it.

Being-a-giant-dick-to-a-section-of-humanity-for-no-legitimate-reason.

Being a giant dick for arbitrary reason would be sorter.

[Nehezbegar]

So the OP quoted Merriam Webster I kind do it too :


You know what word has been hijacked from his original sense ? Hijack, should we boo you too because you apply a different meaning than the first one created for that word ?
Yes words can have several meanings and change through time, big deal so what ?

The idea of "phobia" being hijacked for some kind of evil agenda just show how much delusional and out of argument you are when you can only do some (wrong) semantic argument. That do not invalidate xenophobia and other lovely things existance, just put a name on it.



Being a giant dick for arbitrary reason would be sorter.

Perhaps in that case, the better word would be homodick, xenodick etc. ?

[Medusa Cascade]

The word "left" has been hijacked by the right to paint everyone else bad

[Nehezbegar]

The word "left" has been hijacked by the right to paint everyone else bad

Yup. But i think calling ppl left is less pejorative than maoists, communists or socialists.

[Deleted]

Perhaps in that case, the better word would be homodick, xenodick etc. ?

Homodick and xenodick might be confusing...ahrem

existence intolerant ?
rationality intolerant ?
However that not very fair for lactose intolerant.

[Aggrophobic]

Did someone use "phobia" and you got offended, OP?
Come on, you can't just get your feelings hurt whenever someone says something stupid online.

You guys are getting more and more ridiculous each day.

[Nehezbegar]

Homodick and xenodick might be confusing...ahrem

Well we can always create new better words.

I think more reasonable is to create new wrods giving them proper meaning, than confusing other ppl with changing the meaning of the already existing words.

[Nehezbegar]

For all these woke geniuses, here is the merriam-webster definiton of the suffix -phobia.



Learn to English please.

Beeing feared, intolerant or aversed towards sth doesn't mean the one hates it or be a dick. But nowdays the meaning of this word in context of homosexuality or other nationalities has changed to be something straight negative, it just means some group of ppl hates gays or ppl of different nationalities, which is not always a case. Beeing afraid of sth doesn't automaticaly mean You hate it.

[Deleted]

Where the fuck is the "rational" fear of homosexual people....

There isn't. There is a rational reason for disapproval for gay people.
This is exactly what I was talking about. You cannot comprehend the idea of disapproval of homosexuals without putting hate or fear into it.

[Spiffums]

From Merriam-Webster dictionary:



From Wikipedia:



An example of a phobia:



Hijacked by the left:



What gives? Just because you're afraid of a group of people it doesn't mean that you hate them or are willing to bash them. A phobia is an IRRATIONAL fear of something. It's perfectly fine to be afraid of a group of people for no reason at all. Acting like an asshole prick towards the said group of people, however, is not. Unfortunately the left has once again hijacked a perfectly fine word and lumped people who are afraid of certain groups of people and people who act like pricks towards certain groups of people into one category. Apparently you can't be afraid of gay people without hating gay people???

90% of the words the left use don't mean what they think it means.

[Deleted]

There isn't. There is a rational reason for disapproval for gay people.
This is exactly what I was talking about. You cannot comprehend the idea of disapproval of homosexuals without putting hate or fear into it.

Then explain the rational reason for disapproval.

(btw hate means basically "more disapproval" but nevermind)

[Deleted]

I have yet to see a case for rational animosity towards people for being gay.

They are unnatural.

[Zylos]

Yup. But i think calling ppl left is less pejorative than maoists, communists or socialists.

Perhaps you should use these terms, in the proper context of course not just as hyperbole. Left and right have a vast range to them, so not all people on the left fit into the extreme categories you present. When you say "left" you are basically assuming anyone who is left of center, even a little bit, is lumped with the crazies.

[Azadina]

There isn't. There is a rational reason for disapproval for gay people.
This is exactly what I was talking about. You cannot comprehend the idea of disapproval of homosexuals without putting hate or fear into it.

Would this refer to space fairy stories by chance? You need to re-check what the word rational means. Because those are not it, sorry.

[Nehezbegar]

Aversion, go look it up please.

Aversion - Strong feeling of dislike. Dislike != Hate.

[Deleted]

This goes both ways, and I think it's both a form of ignorance .

Plenty of straight guys call stuff 'gay' or others 'fag' yet this somehow had nothing to do with homosexuality/masculinity (in the first place). Right, cognitive dissonance working for you.
I've noticed it's become such a common thing to say that all sorts of people now use it.
A bit like the ' that's homophobic!' outcry at every thing that's not perfectly coddle coddle when it comes to sexual preference. People should afterall happily accept every colour, configuration and weight in the bedroom, too!

Those words got 'hijacked' for a reason, to denote something.