My podcasting partner Stacy McCain has piece over at The American Spectator about staying sane during Pride Month. (When will greed, envy, lust, wrath, gluttony, and sloth get their months?)

Words have meanings, however, and “phobia” denotes an irrational fear. The person who accuses you of harboring a “phobia” — in regard to gay or transgender people, or anything else — is claiming the authority to make a psychiatric diagnosis. The obvious question is, what are their credentials to make such a diagnosis? As a critic or opponent of the LGBTQIA2S+ political agenda, do you really fear or hate people based on their sexual preferences? And whatever your beliefs or opinions may be, are they really irrational?

Read the whole thing.

Maybe the real problem is that too many people are suffering from kanonikophobia, the irrational fear of normal things.