i think the suffix "phobia" is given too much credence in discussions of this issue. i see very little of what i would normally consider a "phobic" response - similar to the affect observable in acrophobia, for instance - in the behaviors of the queerphobic.
i also think that buying into the term lends weight to the "gay panic" defense which is still used to excuse hatred and murder of queers.
it's horseshit. and it's not ignorance, either. it's bigotry and oppression - the exercise of prejudice through power.
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Date: 2003-12-21 07:56 am (UTC)i also think that buying into the term lends weight to the "gay panic" defense which is still used to excuse hatred and murder of queers.
it's horseshit. and it's not ignorance, either. it's bigotry and oppression - the exercise of prejudice through power.