For years we repeatedly heard about
homophobia, Islamophobia, and
papyrophobia.
Never heard that last one, me either until I looked it up. That seems
to be the fear of government. I think free people should fear
government. I wrote how democrats use labels and language to control
people and Controlling
Political Language. This is basically a continuation of that.
Fear
works and has always worked for extremist governments to control
people. The last couple of decades, phobia has been one of the most
used words, next to racism. If you want a country to have secure and
safe borders, you're considered to be xenophobic. Xenophobia is is
the word used to describe people who fear brown or black people.
I've never met anyone who feared someone based on their race or
sexuality. When transgender became the topic of the day for
democrats, anyone who has a problem with transgender female athletes
in women's sports, even when the person speaking is transgender, they
are quickly labeled a transphobe.
A
phobia is a fear. I've known people who have agoraphobia, a fear of
leaving the house. Those people are terrified when they open the door
or step off their property. I have, at times, had mild aspects of
agoraphobia. Trust me, a phobia isn't a term that should be used for
politics and to control people. Arachnophobia
is someone
who fears spiders. If you have ever seen someone with that face a
spider, you know it's real fear.