{"id":11052,"date":"2016-02-05T01:10:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T08:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=11052"},"modified":"2016-02-05T01:25:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T08:25:12","slug":"accepting-homosexuality-is-homophobic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2016\/02\/05\/accepting-homosexuality-is-homophobic\/","title":{"rendered":"Accepting Homosexuality is Homophobic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;Homophobia&#8221; has been, yet again, redefined such that one is declared to be a &#8220;homophobe&#8221; unless they enthusiastically celebrate and nurture sexual relations between those of the same-sex!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The broader definition that is commonly used is that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uas.alaska.edu\/juneau\/activities\/safezone\/docs\/homophobia_scale.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">homophobia<\/a> is &#8220;defined as the irrational fear of homosexuals, homosexuality, or any behavior, belief, or others which does not conform to rigid sex role stereotypes. It is this fear that enforces sexism as well as heterosexism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11053\" title=\"SOCJUS_Queer\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SOCJUS_Queer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SOCJUS_Queer.jpg 550w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SOCJUS_Queer-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Though it is obvious to the un-indoctrinated, the double standard is but #doublethink incarnate: A straight person who thinks that, to them, same-sex relations is unappealing and a turn off is &#8220;irrational&#8221;, is expressing an &#8220;irrational fear&#8221;; in contrast, it is taken as a given that someone who is homosexual naturally finds coitus or other different-sex sex acts to be disgusting, and it is considered &#8220;H8&#8221; to suggest they feel otherwise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;But even if you not only tolerate, but even accept, homosexuality, you are still &#8220;homophobe&#8221; according tot he &#8220;Riddle Homophobica Scale&#8221;.\u00a0 The scale goes from mega-homophobic 1 (Repulsion), to super-supporter 8 (Nurturance).\u00a0 Affirmation becomes &#8220;mandatory&#8221;, and straight people must continuously do penance to be saved from the original sin of &#8220;homophobia&#8221;.\u00a0 The scale goes beyond mere support.\u00a0 You must admire people because of who they sleep with!\u00a0 You must appreaciate the glory and wonder of two people of the same-sex getting it on!\u00a0 You must nurture and spread the gospel, you evil breeder!!1!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The full &#8220;scale&#8221; can is described below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p  style=\" margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;\">   <a title=\"View Riddle Homophobia Scale on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/297414648\/Riddle-Homophobia-Scale\"  style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" >Riddle Homophobia Scale<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/297414648\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;show_recommendations=true\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"undefined\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_55359\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In other words, they are demanding that everyone think as they think, or else we are abominably wicked, we are toads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We will, then, be toads.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Hat Tip<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/mrctv.org\/blog\/university-safe-space-training-teaches-tolerating-and-accepting-homosexuality-homophobic\" target=\"_blank\">mrctv<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Accepting Homosexuality is Homophobic\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"'Homophobia' has been, yet again, redefined such that one is declared to be a 'homophobe' unless they enthusiastically celebrate and nurture sexual relations between those of the same-sex!.\"><meta name=\"twitter:image:src\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/SOCJUS_Queer.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;Homophobia&#8221; has been, yet again, redefined such that one is declared to be a &#8220;homophobe&#8221; unless they enthusiastically celebrate and nurture sexual relations between those of the same-sex! &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The broader definition that is commonly used is that homophobia is &#8220;defined &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2016\/02\/05\/accepting-homosexuality-is-homophobic\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[25,46,48],"class_list":["post-11052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-progressives","tag-higher-ed","tag-kyriarchy","tag-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11052"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11075,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11052\/revisions\/11075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}