But if you mean the attitude of being less tolerant or hating homosexuals, (which is something that you choose), that's not a phobia, it contradicts the basic definition of a phobia.
Sure, I also don't trust your 15 year old to understand homophobia.
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No, I was just kidding, no offense.
Let's take a closer look at what you said:
You dismissed a properly argumented post on the basis of my age. How is this accurate? This is not a good way of debating. If every time someone says something we accuse him of "being a blonde", "being from a backwards country", "being 15", "drinking alcohol", we are not going to get anywhere.
This really is a part of what is holding down the human society right now. People do not want to accept what is acceptable and don't accept what is unacceptable (explanation a few rows below). A 15-year old to make a perfectly logical post in response to a term that he finds wrong is perfectly acceptable.
There is an unfortunately very common mentality that says this: "If I can't understand this, nobody can". That is so common, that you might not even observe it. I can give hundreds of examples of what I mean. Let's see: After the Romanian revolution from 1989 that overthrew communism, some youngsters (18-25 year olds) gathered with thousands in a certain square from my city. They were asking for various reforms that hadn't been made.
A well-known journalist said on TV that days: "This is stupid. This idea is wrong, this one is wrong too, etc. They should stop making idiotic demands". After 5 years, he announced publicly, at his show, what was best to be done. Someone commented with the following words: "But this is exactly what the University square asked for, in 1990!"
To my surprise, his answer was: "Yes, it is. But it was obviously a lucky happening, it is absurd to say those <not sure how to translate this word> actually realized what was good for us. They were just lucky, they couldn't have thought that by themselves".
Notice the similarity? He can't understand that someone realized that things 5 years before him, so he believed they were just asking for random stuff.
Let me give you another example: An employee from a restaurant suggests his boss that they would have much more clients if they arranged the tables and smoking/nonsmoking areas differently. His answer is negative: "No, it wouldn't bring any benefits, and it's difficult to do.".
After almost 6 months, the owner of a huge restaurant comes there to eat. He is honored to have him there, and shows him clear honest respect. The other patron suggests exactly what the employee said. The owner of this restaurant decided to give it a try. It had great results. The employee came to him and said something along the lines of "I told you". Do you know what the owner's answer was?
Here it is: "When you suggested that, we weren't prepared. It just happened that now it had good results. The guy that suggested me this is a very experienced owner, and you don't have his qualifications to give advice. Now it was useful. If I did this when you suggested, I believe it wouldn't have been successful".
See what I mean? Believing someone can not give good advice or have a proper opinion because of his qualifications, age, sex, etc. is an awful mentality. I however see that you did this without thinking about what saying this implies. That's exactly the opinion of communism-influenced teachers that I met so often in my life: "Grow up, and then talk to me". Or "Spend 10 hours a day working and then give me advice".
In this case, I was stating my opinion (of which I'm quite certain) about the word homophobia. Why did you need to say that words? It really makes me feel bad, and it often makes the person who says that to appear in a really bad light. I'm not saying this, but all the people who agree with my opinion will think: So what if he couldn't say that when he was 15? It's not something to brag about. And that's my opinion on that.
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BTW, do you really want to compare me with the average 15 year old? For a start, let's see: how many 15 year olds do you know that can, while spending their time on a strategy game forum, answer with a clear and most important reasoned position, then make a proper answer when they are reminded their age, all this in a language totally foreign to them?
If you really want, I can show you some videos of me debating on TV. I've unfortunately only once participated to a TV show in English, but appeared over 100 times in Romanian. I just had a concert this morning at the national radio hall, that was transmitted live on 2 different radio channels at the same time. Do you want to see an article about me on the Internet? So, do you think this is bragging? Sorry, but you asked for it!
And thats all well and good but fact is that at 15 your views on 'homophobia' are gonna be based on school life and what your family/friends thinb, not from experiance in the workplace or adult social situations such as pubbing or clubbing.
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