Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 days agoWhy does it seem most people, mainly conservatives, against Trans people? Unless I am wrong I never heard of one shooting up a school church or whatever. The ones I have met have been pretty cool.message-squaremessage-square324fedilinkarrow-up1466arrow-down153
arrow-up1413arrow-down1message-squareWhy does it seem most people, mainly conservatives, against Trans people? Unless I am wrong I never heard of one shooting up a school church or whatever. The ones I have met have been pretty cool.Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square324fedilink
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up39arrow-down2·6 days agoYou all are overthinking it way too much. Most people hate anything that’s different or uncommon to themselves and their “world”. Simple as that. It’s heterophobia in the semantic sense of the word “fear of anything that’s different”.
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 days agoI always thought that xenos was more refering to people from outside, like physically from a different place. But I really know nothing about words, greek, latin or whatever. So it will probably be a better choice of words.
minus-squareSolOrion@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days ago“other; different in origin.” is the meaning of xeno. So… it kinda fits, it kinda doesn’t.
You all are overthinking it way too much.
Most people hate anything that’s different or uncommon to themselves and their “world”.
Simple as that.
It’s heterophobia in the semantic sense of the word “fear of anything that’s different”.
Xenophobia
I always thought that xenos was more refering to people from outside, like physically from a different place.
But I really know nothing about words, greek, latin or whatever. So it will probably be a better choice of words.
That’s heresy.
Sigh, I’ll get the holy promethium…
“other; different in origin.” is the meaning of xeno.
So… it kinda fits, it kinda doesn’t.