Are homophobes born that way?

[Fluffy]

Point 2: some fears/hatreds, etc. . . are learned - I.E. fear or hatred of something not inherently dangerous. (snakes are small and quiet in general, and a gay person is just a person, nothing to make you inherently fear or hate them).

No a fear of a snake or the dark or a gay person could be inherent. Fear of the unknown or unfamiliar is very likely to be an inherent fear in most humans since it would be a good survival tactic to be extra cautious around things that are knew in case they are dangerous.

 

[turk179]

I goofed up by using the snake in both examples. Thank you for pointing out my shortcomings for the group. That being said, the cave man may have passed on a predisposition to become fearful of snakes (I am stretching to save my meager credibility here) or other potentially dangerous things, so as to live long enough to pass along genetic material to the next generation of cave dwellers.

All in all, I goofed, Jayhawker caught it and now Mdm is eating some humble pie.

B.

Don't eat to much pie MdmSzdWhtGuy. Jayhawker Soule could catch a pimple on a flea's buttocks. Besides, you will get full and then sleepy and will not be able to post as much.