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Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
This is such a stretch. Homophobic does not mean that he is going to beat up all gay people he meets. It means that he has fear or contempt for gay people. It does not mean that the fear or contempt is so overwhelming that it would prevent him from playing on the same team as a win-contributing gay player. It just means he has fear or contempt for gay people. If someone wants gay people to stay away from him and wants to stay away from gay people, that person is, almost by definition, homophobic. "Pretty damn enlightened"? You probably not only think that rats are inferior creatures, but that your views on the subject are remarkably progressive.
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I am against rats, but not ratphobic in the sense of being afraid of them. I do hold them in contempt. I have killed rats before, and I would do it again. Suffice it to say, if I were to discover a rat in my house, I would not rest until it were dead, or at least permenantly removed from the premises. I want rats to stay away from me. I want to stay away from rats. I don't care if the rat can pass for 1500 yards a season. A rat's a rat. I have no pretensions that my views in this matter are in any way progressive, but I don't care. Down with rats.
