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Hoplophobes gone wild! by DesertRat662009-02-10 08:09:20
  The picture in the article by nix2009-02-10 08:53:11
    There are several pictures by DesertRat662009-02-10 08:59:19
      The operative words here being *up close* by ttlogic2009-02-10 10:11:25
        It is a clinical term by DesertRat662009-02-10 10:39:10
          It is NOT a clinical term. by Peace_man2009-02-10 11:04:31
            Take it up with the Psychiatrists by DesertRat66 2009-02-10 11:20:03
Clinical usage

In spite of the political origins and connotation of the term, it has clinical usage, and a patient may be diagnosed with this phobia. For instance, a patient that has no opinion on law or public policy per se but becomes terrified upon noticing a policeman's sidearm, or a photograph of a rifle or knife, may be a hoplophobe. Such a phobia may be present in someone who suffers from PTSD as a result of a traumatic experience involving a firearm. Hoplophobia is described as an uncommon phobia in Contemporary Diagnosis And Management of Anxiety Disorders.[3]

3. Nina, Philip T; Dunlop, Broadie W: Contemporary Diagnosis And Management of Anxiety Disorders, Page 107. Handbooks in Health Care, 2006. ISBN 1931981620
From here. You can get the book here

I may also add that based on his education and position as a History Professor, it is quite likley Mr. Cooper was well versed in the ways of intelligent discourse and found it sorely lacking in those he had in mind when he coined the word.
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              I somehow doub't you originally meant it that way? by callithrix2009-02-10 11:30:21
                On the contrary I think they do need medical aid by DesertRat662009-02-10 11:39:16
                  Medical aid won't change that. by callithrix2009-02-10 11:44:42
                    Physical Therapy can help by DesertRat662009-02-10 11:49:33
                      I am not intimitately familiar by callithrix2009-02-10 12:01:26
                        Short version by DesertRat662009-02-10 12:31:01
                          Your example is a tad more emotional than by callithrix2009-02-10 12:41:14
                            that should have been 'are no other....' (n/t) by callithrix2009-02-10 12:42:08
                              Ooops - off to bed! by callithrix2009-02-10 12:53:08
                            The woman in that video by DesertRat662009-02-10 12:55:33
                              Not to mention that any one area that by Peace_man2009-02-10 13:36:05
                                The men who founded this country were very wise by DesertRat662009-02-10 14:07:30
                                They were wise, yes. by Peace_man2009-02-10 14:14:53
                                Just like that bothersome 1st Amendment? by DesertRat662009-02-10 14:34:59
                                Yes, I know that is your belief. by Peace_man2009-02-10 14:44:57
                              "One thing to keep in mind..." by Sharku2009-02-10 13:48:18
                                Simple reason by DesertRat662009-02-10 14:05:11
              And did you use the word in its clinical by Peace_man2009-02-10 11:33:26
                Hot chocolate with cream, anyone? by callithrix2009-02-10 11:36:49
                  Normally, I'd insist on an apology for by Peace_man2009-02-10 11:40:52
                    Thank you :) by callithrix2009-02-10 11:48:18
                      Yes, I would. by Peace_man2009-02-10 12:07:47
                        Really? Which part of the country? by callithrix2009-02-10 12:22:53
                          I was born in Kolding. by Peace_man2009-02-10 12:37:26
                            You sure were :-) by callithrix2009-02-10 12:45:20
                              What a coincidence! by Peace_man2009-02-10 12:54:48
                Not relevant to your protestations by DesertRat662009-02-10 11:41:49
                  It IS relevant to my protestations against by Peace_man2009-02-10 12:09:19
                    And where were those protestations by DesertRat662009-02-10 12:49:15
                      Since you aren't qualified to use this term by Peace_man2009-02-10 12:58:08
                        Nice assumption by DesertRat662009-02-10 13:12:31
                          OK. Scratch that possibility. by Peace_man2009-02-10 13:28:51
                            First you would have to be able to by DesertRat662009-02-10 13:47:38
                              I would have to provide evidence? by Peace_man2009-02-10 14:10:12
                                Fear of inanimate objects is irrational by DesertRat662009-02-10 14:19:22
                                The irrationality is in your estimation only. by Peace_man2009-02-10 14:25:54
                                There was no mistake by DesertRat662009-02-10 14:31:23
                                ??? by Peace_man2009-02-10 14:33:25
                                It is labeled it as a mistake in judgement by DesertRat662009-02-10 14:56:06
                              Uhm.... bwahahahaaa... by Sharku2009-02-10 14:28:14

 

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