Meaning of istaphobe | Babel Free

Definitions

A catch-all combination of pejorative terms ending in ist or -phobe (such as racist or homophobe), perceived as being used to silence and discredit opposing viewpoints in discussions of social justice issues.

Internet, sarcastic

Examples

“Nowadays saying anything online will get you called some sort of istaphobe.”

“Your ignorance & pack of knowledge of Iowa is astonishing. Can a liberal make an argument without its fill in the blank istaphobe insult card to cover up lack of substance. Read a book about @SteveKingIA home district available on Amazon”

“So..... either he's agreeing with us, the racist nazi istaphobes, or he wants to set up breadlines stretching from our border to all South America.”

“Sadly its all to common that people don’t see the nuance in the conversation and fall on the istaphobe tropes. You don’t like X, its not because its bad it’s because it has “diversity” so your an ist regardless of anything else you do like.”

“OP: "Game is ableist because I can't be bothered to figure out a way around this issue even though one is readily available and has been from day one. Change the game to fit me because you're an -istaphobe if you don't, bigot."”

“Being called a bigot or any type of istaphobe doesn’t mean anything anymore.”

“Better to show than to tell and gaslight someone as a istaphobe for disagreeing with them.”

“Everything is an "istaphobe" if your brain is as smooth as melted butter. The problem these days is it's hard to tell who's actually being serious.”

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