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pfannkuchen on Nov 19, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Gang crisis shaking Sweden

Doesn't being labeled a phobia strictly require the fear to be irrational in nature? Being afraid of an approaching train while standing on a train track isn't "train phobia", for example.

CrimsonCape on Nov 19, 2023 [–]

Phobia as a suffix has long been a non-sequitur smear. Unless you witness an armed robbery or gang activity, at which point the fear is justifiable.

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