visagrunt wrote:
John_Browning wrote:
They choose it as much as gays choose their orientation.
Well if that's true, that necessarily implies one of two things. Either both traits are inherent, and that makes homophobes slaves to their upbringing--or it makes both traits deliberate and gays are undifferentiatable from straights. But since we seem to be able to point to neurophysiological differences between the structure of gay men's brains and straight men's brains, that suggests to me that it must be the former.
So, homophobes lack the higher cognitive functions to question the teachings of their families and communities? Is the message here that homophobes are uncritical thinkers?
As much as I would like to believe that this is true, I think the only uncritical piece of thinking going on here is yours.
My views are summed up by Morgon (not to be confused with Morgan Freeman)
Quote:
“I hate the word homophobia. It’s not a phobia. You are not scared. You are an as*hole,”
-Morgon Freeman
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We must not buy their fruits:
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Their hungry thirsty roots??
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