Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

[Duque de Bragança]

That was also the era of Marx and Engels. We may not be looking at generic left wing rot: this may be a genuine communist plot...

"The bourgeoisie, in truth, is bound to fear the stupidity of the masses so long as they remain conservative, and the insight of the masses as soon as they become revolutionary. Fear defines the outlook of the bourgeoisie to the masses, and as such the various prejudices of the bourgeoisie should be defined as phobias, for that is what they truly are." - Karl Marx

Dear god it is true...

Good one! 

[garbon]

They specifically target a lot of things and a lot of people.  Should we also start recognizing Yazidiphobia, aid worker phobia, journalistphobia, subway rider phobia, ancient Roman ruin phobia, etc., etc., etc?

We should start by not using -phobia for hatred since phobia means fear.  Mis(o) or anti- work fine.

If only languages could grow and change over time.

Well I do think if you are going to use "phobia" the idea is there is an irrational reaction going on. So there is a phobic type reaction going on, or at least that is the implication and why "homophobia" was used for example.

I would rather we go that way then some kind of anti-intellectual take like the one you made. Languages and word use do matter and are worth discussing.

It's anti-intellectual to note that meanings change over time? Duque was being a stick in the mud over a meaning that had been adopted long ago.

[Admiral Yi]

@Duque

You're preaching to the choir.  I was one of those fighting the valiant rearguard action against the overgeneralization of homophobia.  But unfortunately that ship has already sailed.

[crazy canuck]

@Duque

You're preaching to the choir.  I was one of those fighting the valiant rearguard action against the overgeneralization of homophobia.  But unfortunately that ship has already sailed.

That phrase means the audience is in agreement.  In this case he is preaching to some crank well outside the Church - probably blocking traffic.

[Razgovory]

In the English language "hydrophobia" can refer to rabies.   Instead of "-phobes" we could just say bigots.

[garbon]

@Duque

You're preaching to the choir.  I was one of those fighting the valiant rearguard action against the overgeneralization of homophobia.  But unfortunately that ship has already sailed.

That phrase means the audience is in agreement.  In this case he is preaching to some crank well outside the Church - probably blocking traffic.

But is he blocking traffic for the environment?

[mongers]

@Duque

You're preaching to the choir.  I was one of those fighting the valiant rearguard action against the overgeneralization of homophobia.  But unfortunately that ship has already sailed.

That phrase means the audience is in agreement.  In this case he is preaching to some crank well outside the Church - probably blocking traffic.

But is he blocking traffic for the environment?

[Duque de Bragança]

@Duque

You're preaching to the choir.  I was one of those fighting the valiant rearguard action against the overgeneralization of homophobia.  But unfortunately that ship has already sailed.

Point taken. I still don't like the misuse. However, I still believe the jury is still out in French or in Portuguese, for that matter.

[dps]

In the English language "hydrophobia" can refer to rabies.   Instead of "-phobes" we could just say bigots.

I knew that hydrophobia is a symptom of rabies, but I'd never heard it used to mean rabies.  Buy I checked, and dictionary.com agrees with you.  In fact, it lists "rabies" as the first definition of hydrophobia.

[Syt]

[Tamas]

 

[Syt]

[Valmy]

I mean...it would be great if they were right about that.

[Tamas]

If the Left had any seriousness about wanting tackle climate change, they would start denying it is happening.. It would immediately launch the radical right on an anti-climate change crusade.

[crazy canuck]

If the Left had any seriousness about wanting tackle climate change, they would start denying it is happening.. It would immediately launch the radical right on an anti-climate change crusade.