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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
It's a misnomer though; the term "phobia" is quite commonly misused these days. A phobia is an irrational fear when the truth is actually known, i.e. being afraid of something even though you, yourself, rationally know that it is not dangerous.
Things like homophobia / Islamophobia aren't accurately "phobias". Even though, objectively, the fear is irrational... for the subject, they are basing their fear on their true beliefs and often on misinformation that they, nonetheless, think is accurate... meaning that subjectively the fear is not irrational and therefore not a phobia.
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So their 'fears' are purely based on misinformation that they think is accurate - that statement in itself is opinion not fact. As you have a different opinion you are not likely to say anything else.
I would say that your opinions could equally be based on a 'fear' of 'Islamophobia' based on misinformation that you think is accurate. It is very easy to turn such comments around as they are subjective and largely opinion based.