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Well it's only a matter of time before being a 'homophobe' is considered a mental disorder and will make the person liable to be sent to a mental 'hospital' until he recants his viewpoint.

This was a favourite strategy of Stalin, by the way. If somebody didn't like communism enough then surely he must be a loon.

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1. This actually happened to homosexuals in the west during the twentieth century. The worst social ostracization faced by individuals who disapprove of homosexuality today really is not even noteworthy by comparison. Compare Brandon Eich to Alan Turing, for example.

More-over, pathologizing homosexuality continues to happen in many parts of the world and even, de facto, in some parts of the US (e.g., "gay camps", which often have some component of psuedo-psychology on top of their religiosity).

2. Popular presidential candidates and members of the party that controls congress openly and proudly express anti-homosexual views. The idea that society is on the verge of pathologizing people who disagree with homosexuality is absolutely absurd.

It worked for conservative society for horrible aeons. Pressure the queer into social services - reap "justice" and stability as reward for this. Its the first form of power pillars in check and balance. Religion wields the power of enforcing encoded "peoplepropertys" , believers wield the power of withdrawing "believe" from this pillar if that order is not enforced, the psychopaths- push against the restraints this setup puts them under. All those calls to purify sexual morality when corruption and injustice become obvious- maybe there is some sand and ugly truth to this behavior? Maybe that sad truth is not fixed by simply saying we looked at a optical illusion - and now we know them, and it will never ever deceive us. \n Maybe accepting constant mental deficits and diversity of the species is part of growing up, and working around those that creating suffering with tech is the only way to fix it for now.

Right, because people are so frequently sent for forced "re-education" when they hold unpopular opinions.

Isn't that what compulsory 'sensitivity training' is?

You might want to look at what re-education actually was before you try to imply equivalency with a chat at work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reeducation_camp

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_North_Korea#Re...

Is there such a person, someone irrationally fearful of homosexuals?

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