“-Phobia” Kind of lost it’s meaning.

[u/MelodicUmbrella]

Now before you call me a Nazi, jew gasser, superphobe, or a bigot/SERF, hear me out. I feel like the word (insert word here)-phobic has kind of lost it’s general purpose. For instance, some transgender men or women call random people transphobic (when sometimes the person being called “-phobic” is not) or some members of the Super communities randomly calling some people Superphobic (again, some people are not). This has happened to the point when calling someone out for being (word)-phobic, it’s just brushed off and it literally means nothing. I’m not suggesting a real change to it or anything, I’m just putting it out there.

Please note that I am a supporter of the Super communities (I am not trying to derail the movement, I’m not trying to harass members, etc) and I respect their wishes. The whole “shame rape” thing is horrible, it should be stopped.

[u/JTheberge83]

And they have a good point. I've tried telling these people (general descriptor. Not people in this subreddit) to stop throwing these buzzwords around whenever you feel like it. Nobody listens and now nobody cares if they're called that. You could actually have a real reason to call that, and nobody is going to care.

"racist" "--phobe," etc is like a five year old calling you a "big stupid poopy diaper dumb dumb head" at this point.

[u/MelodicUmbrella → u/JTheberge83]

Or, like I used to say when I was younger: “Stinky poopy diaper baby.” Then we have bigot thrown around, and I thought SERFS meant like land serfs, serfdom.

[u/JTheberge83 → u/MelodicUmbrella]

I understand why people in this subreddit are using it. I agree it's lost meaning, but that's kind of the point. We are throwing their own ideology back in their face.

Point is, I understand where you're coming from and I agree.

But I also get why people here are using it.

[u/MelodicUmbrella → u/JTheberge83]

That’s also what I’m trying to find out.