what makes people such homophobes?
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ingrained religious dogma and the "ick" factor experienced by insecure heterosexuals\njust my opinion
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C. It's not a hetero thing. I know some pretty mouthy, opinionated gay men too. Some people just want to interject their own opinion on others. Like I am doing here. LOL\n\nThe significant difference is that I don't expect you to agree with me.
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You watch too much TV...which is made by class hatemongers.\n\nIn real life, most people don't give a bleep about homosexuality, one way or the other. \n\nThe usual response is actually "as long as they don't make a move on ME".\n\nWhich is sorta cute, really.
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Why should anyone care who loves who?  \nIt's my guess that most homophobes are repressed closet gays.  What other reason would they have for overreacting to something that doesn't concern them?\nGays want to be married so they can get the same benefits like health insurance as other families get.  \nWho is anyone to tell someone else that who they love is wrong? \nOther than deluded bible thumpers that is. \nI take it as a compliment if a lesbian makes a pass at me.  It's always nice to know when someone finds you to be desirable. \nWhat does that hurt?  NOTHING!!!\nPeople who dwell with hatred on what other people do need to get a life and do something more constructive with their time.
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There is a lack of tolerance which scares me as noone is sheltered from giving birth to child who will then be discovered to be gay and if it's the case for my child I will love him as if he were hetero as it doesn't matter to me but what scares me is, will he be in security when he will walk in those streets of homophobes(the extremists ones) who will show him their disagreement either verbally or physically, I'm worried as we are going backward in the concept of tolerance, what TV shows as to everything is cool and accepted is totally different as to what is happening today, we have I think to sensiblilize younug ppl making them understand that even different ppl have the right to live, education is important in such issues.
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As my friend RON White says  there is no such thing as a homophobe because all men are gay to a point....First He asks his cousin does he like Porn....cousin says yes...do you like women on women again he says yes then he asks do you like men with women who have small genitalia or men with large genetalia.Of course without thinking he reponds that he like to see men with large genitalia....My point exactly......lol
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Let me set this up. I am a heterosexual father and grandfather. I am a conservative Christian. I object to your language and what can only be described as your blind hatred. \n\nYour question is NOT worthy of discussion. It is only worthy of disdain. You have given the progressive humanists another reason to say that Fundamentalist Christians are bigots and homophobes.
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because people are cruel and want to target someone that is different then them. I wish everyone would just leave gay people alone. They are also human beings with feelings!!
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bad people are bad, stupid people are stupid, ignorant people are ignorant, mindless people are mindless, mentally disturbed persons are mentally disturbed.\n\noww..u fit in all those categories, is my guess.\n\nand GAYS ARE GAY...i would agree on that.
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Some do! While I myself am not gay, there are many men out there that overdo or unnecessarily act hostile to people in the homosexual community. This is because they secretly have the same desires - or at least curiosity. However, as with all things, this is not absolute. You will find some general straight males, (and females) who are deeply against homosexuality for other reasons than just being gay or lesbian themselves. This could be from a variety of things: religion, tradition, community, personal beliefs, etc.\n\nSo yes, while there are some incidents when men or women are acting out against gays as a way to conceal their own homosexuality - not all do. Most are just unnecessarily homophobic.
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Some heterosexuals think homosexuality is not normal. Well I've got new for them big time: it's natural. The human species is one of the rare species with so few homosexuals. More than 450 animals and bugs engage in homosexual, or bisexual sex. It's normal. Humans just have a way of thinking that was isn't exactly the same as them is evil, and is to be condemned.\n\nNobody has the right to say love is a crime. Besides, no one can really help falling in love. You don't exactly choose with whom you fall in love with, either. And, most importantly, you fall in love with a person, not a gender.\n\nPeople need to be shown tolerance more. Not just homophobes. Everyone. Every human being that hates without a valuable reason.
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1. They don't want the view that other people have of them to change, especially family and friends.\n2. They fear that it will be harmful to their careers if they came out.\n3. They fear repercussions from the church or other religious institutions.\n4. They like living a secret life -- their lifestyle might conflict with their own internal value systems but since only they know that (among the most important people in their lives), it doesn't effect them much as long as that life is kept a secret.\n5. They know that sometimes society mistakenly associates lack of manliness with homosexuality, and that is something they cannot put up with.\n6. They fear loss of inheritance from elderly parents or other relatives.\n7. They somehow can't realize that important people around them already know.\n8. They have never really fully accepted their own sexual orientation.  To come out to another person would force them to see themselves as something other than a straight person who is confused or experimenting.
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None at all is your answer.  As a hetero male, I can say with all sincerity that only homophobes and individuals insecure with their OWN sexuality object to equal rights for gays.  Love is love.....end of story.
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My best friend is gay, and he gets tourmented and bullied, and people who don't even know him shout things at him in the street. He is the most charming, lovely guy I know, and he has been in a committed relationship with his boyfriend for the last ten years! \n\nIf I am with him, and people challenge him, I get so angry. Why should he be denied the right to live his life the way he wants? He's not doing anyone any harm. I always, always stand up to homophobic people. I got beaten up once because I was defending a 'faggot'. \n\nPeople are ignorant and stupid and it makes my blood boil. I will fight homophobia, and anyone be damned who dares challenge me on it!
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Fear is a very basic uneducated response to a situation. These people are making assumptions about things before taking the time to get to know people. It's just like in the 1960's and prior when so many people were close minded towards African Americans and other minority races. They don't understand something or someone so they degrade them. It's disgusting and sad. People can love one another in a number of ways and there doesn't need to be one set guideline as to how you go about doing it. And the term is misused, 'homophobia' is to be scared of gay people, as in you don't want to approach them. But these people are not afraid of them in that sense. They need to stop interjecting their ridiculous religious claims and learn to be a little more open minded.
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People hate anything that is different and they are not educated on.  If you only know gay people as being sex addicts spreading disease then you probably wouldn't like them...or if you thought all black people were in gangs..you'd probably get nervous being around them...Being uneducated causes more hate in the world then I think anything else.
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Because on the internet, the stupid person is king. The concept of personal opinion, context, and connotation lose all meaning and if you say the word "gay" people instantly assume you're homophobic. If there were an IQ limit on the people that logged on the internet would be a happier place and a lot more grammatically correct.