As for dropping Martina over her comments, they did what the Left always does: instead of replying directly to the issues, they said something hatred and ostracized the person who brought up the facts.
On March 9, 2019 at 18:50, Ernie Gilman said...
Look, the word doesn't even mean a person is phobic. It's is used as a name for feelings and acts hate, not fear.
On March 9, 2019 at 19:06, davidcasemore said...
Ernie,
Did you misplace your dictionary?
Google the word. You get:
having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against homosexual people.
"homophobic remarks"
Merriam Webster has
irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals
This is a PC definition from a rather conservative source. They cite fear, not because it's how homophobia expresses itself, but because of the etymology of the word.
But show me a headline that shows people doing anything that is a demonstration of fear, such as running away from.
Wikipedia has
Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Wikipedia
Again, no fear shown; instead, hatred.
It's time for a short discussion of Merriam Webster. There's another word that has TOTALLY changed its meaning over the years, but MW gives the now obsolete definition as the first definition:
Decimate
: to select by lot and kill every tenth man of, as in "decimate a regiment"
This definition is NEVER what anybody means by decimate today, nor for at least the last thirty years.
2 : to exact a tax of 10 percent from; "poor as a decimated Cavalier."
— John Dryden
There we go. John Dryden died in 1700. When's the last time you heard the word "Cavalier"? It's as obsolete as the cited meaning.
3a : to reduce drastically especially in number; "cholera decimated the population"
Kamieniecki's return comes at a crucial time for a pitching staff that has been decimated by injuries.
— Jason Diamos
Jason Diamos is, at least, still alive. This is not an antique citation.
b : to cause great destruction or harm to; "firebombs decimated the city, "an industry decimated by recession"
Don't depend on Merriam Webster for the current meaning of a word!
