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Originally Posted by luvjustin
Well it's a term brought to light many years ago in a less enlightened time that seems to have stuck. Not all words and terms are interpreted exactly as written in the English language.
To clarify, homophobia is more akin to racism than to a fear of spiders. Although a fear of the unknown is thought to be a factor of people's perceived hatred.
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Sorry, your, and others', abuse of the English language is not my problem.
Homophobia means "fear of gay people." That is what it means. If you want a word that means hatred of gay people then you need to make up another one.