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Do such remarks mean "opposed to homosexuality" (possibly on principled grounds, such as "It's against my religion"?) Using the term ''homophobic'' implies that the speaker literally has a [[phobia]], i.e., that they have a [[mental illness]]. It's a form of [[ad hominem]] argument, intended to take attention off the argument and focus all attention on how "crazy" or "unfair" a person is being. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 14:40, 14 June 2011 (EDT)
Do such remarks mean "opposed to homosexuality" (possibly on principled grounds, such as "It's against my religion"?) Using the term ''homophobic'' implies that the speaker literally has a [[phobia]], i.e., that they have a [[mental illness]]. It's a form of [[ad hominem]] argument, intended to take attention off the argument and focus all attention on how "crazy" or "unfair" a person is being. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 14:40, 14 June 2011 (EDT)
:so there is an important difference between threatening infanticide if a child "said he was gay" and threatening infanticide if one "finds out" that he's gay? As a comedian, is Morgan being funnier with one of those options as opposed to the other? What if he took out "gay" and replaced it with "Jewish," "Christian," or "member of the Unification Church." Is it still good comedy? [[User:ReneH|ReneH]] 14:44, 14 June 2011 (EDT)