Maven (famous) to TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world · 2 days agoMartok on Honorimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1287arrow-down119
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minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoRandom thought this evoked: the suffix phobe evokes the idea that fear is the basis of the category. I think bigot is a more accurate category.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 days agopho·bi·a noun an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something. It’s the aversion part. But yeah, they’re bigots. Transbigot? Sounds weird, but I could get behind it
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoThe fear part is also correct. They fear and hate that which does not fit their worldview.
Random thought this evoked: the suffix phobe evokes the idea that fear is the basis of the category. I think bigot is a more accurate category.
pho·bi·a noun an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.
It’s the aversion part. But yeah, they’re bigots. Transbigot? Sounds weird, but I could get behind it
The fear part is also correct. They fear and hate that which does not fit their worldview.