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Originally Posted by Coda

The only reason aphobia exists at all is because of identity politics.

Asexuality used to be considered a virtue and even today there are religious groups that demand celibacy. People react to it the way they do now because it's gone from being a curious background fact about someone that wouldn't even matter (and would be considered noble if it DID come up) to being something that a small but vocal group has trumpeted as an oppressed population that needs recognition -- when, in fact, they weren't oppressed to begin with. Getting rolled into the queer community was probably the worst thing that could have happened to ace people, because it means that they're now one of the targets of queerphobic opinions.

If someone were to call themselves "celibate" instead of "ace" then I bet people would react totally differently.

Okay but... "celibate" and "ace" aren't... the same thing...