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Why is homophobia so rampant today?
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I don't get it.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cameron]
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Today?  As opposed to when?


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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Silversoul]
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I wasn't implying a comparison. I don't have much to compare with: this is the only generation I've experienced.

I just want to know why gay people are the new blacks.

1950: "Hah! Jack's a nigger lover!"
2009: "You some sorta faggot? Queer-boy! Queer-boy!"

I rode my bike past an elementary school last week and overheard ten year olds calling each other faggots. :confused:

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cameron]
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Cameron said:
I don't get it.


I think its rooted in society beginning to come to terms with the fact that something that has been so pointlessly taboo is actually perfectly fine and acceptable. Its coming to the surface so it can be transcended, so to speak. :grin:


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Like being here
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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: fireworks_god]
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I guess it's like a trend, then, in a way: once it's run its course, it won't be hip to use the phrase anymore. People can be so strange.

I wonder what the mouth breathers will latch on to next. Academics? Wait ... :shake:

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cameron]
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Cause some people got their roll on and did a homo thing, and now they're mad they did. :gaycrankey:


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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Swyfty Swyf]
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Religion = Everyone has to reproduce.


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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cameron]
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Cameron said:
I wasn't implying a comparison. I don't have much to compare with: this is the only generation I've experienced.

I just want to know why gay people are the new blacks.


What I was getting at with my question is that homophobia has existed throughout the history of our culture, and is considerably less common today than it used to be.  "Homophobia" is a modern term, because the idea that homosexuals are evil perverts used to be taken for granted to be true.  Sodomy used to be a felony in all 50 states.  It wasn't until the Stonewall riots in 1969 that that started to change, and it's only within the last decade that the Supreme Court finally ruled sodomy laws to be unconstitutional.  The fact that we've gone from that a few years ago to having gay marriage now legalized in four states is nothing short of remarkable.  Gays are "the new blacks" precisely because they have made progress.  It was never illegal in this country to be black.


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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Silversoul]
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Nobody has to like you because of your sexual preference, and forcing people to respect you is authoritarian. Homosexuality is an easy target but people also have no problem laughing at fat kids or making fun of retards either so cut it with the bullshit like there is some kind of fear involved in this, people are cruel and will find any weak link in your armor to get to you and that's the bottom line

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Quetzalcohuatl]
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Sure, but everyone knows it's not right to make fun of retards or to laugh at fat kids. Somehow it's more acceptable to tell gay people that they're "unnatural" and shouldn't be allowed to marry.


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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: zouden]
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where do you get that idea from? Not everyone has a conscience and there is no such thing as a universal moral standard and if there were not everyone would agree with it anyways.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Quetzalcohuatl]
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where do you get that idea from? Not everyone has a conscience and there is no such thing as a universal moral standard and if there were not everyone would agree with it anyways.


Quote:
This post was generated by a schizophrenic computer virus.


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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cameron]
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I just want to know why gay people are the new blacks.


Hardly, go back to the 50s.

I also wonder why all this sexual fear. I've never been able to answer it.:shrug:


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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Quetzalcohuatl]
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Quetzalcohuatl said:
where do you get that idea from? Not everyone has a conscience and there is no such thing as a universal moral standard and if there were not everyone would agree with it anyways.


No, there's no universal moral standard, but there's a moral standard generated by the society you live in. Our moral standard has improved a lot over the last 50 years with respect to racism or making fun of retarded kids, but it seems to be lagging behind when it comes to gay people.


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I know... that just the smallest
                                                part of the world belongs to me
You know... I'm not a blind man
                                                    but truth is the hardest thing to see

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cameron]
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I've never met anyone who's afraid of gay people. :shrug:


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: zouden]
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lol oh ok then

well i think it's about time we have a gay president and then after that we need a fat black kid we already had a retarded one for the last 8 years for president so I think we are progressing here one day gays and fat kids will get their chance to be president too!

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Grapefruit]
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Grapefruit said:
Religion = Everyone has to reproduce.


Rly? On the other hand, evolution wishes only the best to reproduce, which is why some people think that gay is an evolutionary tool to weed out the gene pool.


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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Poid]
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Poid said:
I've never met anyone who's afraid of gay people. :shrug:



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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Poid]
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Phobia is not
Poid said:
Poid said:
I've never met anyone who's afraid of gay people. :shrug:



You are soo funny


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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: learningtofly]
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What's you're point? I've never met any homophobics, but I've certainly been exposed to much "homophobia"-phobia. :yesnod:


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Quetzalcohuatl]
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Hating Bush is as bad as hating gays.  If people would take a second and give it a little thought, You would find that homosexuals are psychologically damaged. An overwhelming percent were molested and abused as children, are alcoholics/addicts, serious behaviour problems, molest and abuse others usually children, ...  .  It is natures way to have male and female, and to have these opposites attract.  It is abnormal to have sexual contact with the same sex.  Don't confuse equal rights, and a serious psychological problem.  Except for marriage there is no reason to restrict the rights of homosexuals.  By Kicking them to the curb and ignoring their needs, we isolate them and refuse to give them the help they need.  This is a very emotionally charged subject, and I am in no way suggesting any prejudice is justified.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cameron]
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i saw a commercial the other day...where some kid says "that's so gay"

and some black comedian says something like "do you know what you're saying when you use the word gay like that?"

i've got to admit i've used the term "gay" to mean other things...and i know it's not PC.....but....come on....words are just words.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: C.M. Mann]
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Hating Bush is as bad as hating gays.


No.

Hating a group of people for broad reasons not applicable to most of them is not the same as hating a single individual whose behavior can be assigned solely to them.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: C.M. Mann]
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Also, homosexuality is no longer recognized as a mental defect.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: C.M. Mann]
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Living in the SF Bay Area, hating gays here is almost sacrilege. :sadyes:


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Redstorm]
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Redstorm said:
Also, homosexuality is no longer recognized as a mental defect.


Next to go from the DSM is bondage! :awesome:

:bondage:


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: C.M. Mann]
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C.M. Mann said:
Hating Bush is as bad as hating gays.


Wow :what:

Since personalisms are not allowed in this forum, I'll just let that statement speak for itself.


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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Redstorm]
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Hate is Hate, no matter how you spin it!  Just because you have justified your actions, doesn't make it right.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Poid]
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I lived in S.F. . Then I moved to Berkeley and went to school there. Hate in any form, for any reason is degenerative!  It obscures clarity.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: C.M. Mann]
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I hate hate! :crankey:


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: C.M. Mann]
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C.M. Mann said: Hate in any form, for any reason is degenerative!  It obscures clarity.


So does love.


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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: deCypher]
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Fag. :tongue2:

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Middleman]
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?


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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: deCypher]
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:rotfl:


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Silversoul]
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Quote:
What I was getting at with my question is that homophobia has existed throughout the history of our culture, and is considerably less common today than it used to be.  "Homophobia" is a modern term, because the idea that homosexuals are evil perverts used to be taken for granted to be true.  Sodomy used to be a felony in all 50 states.  It wasn't until the Stonewall riots in 1969 that that started to change, and it's only within the last decade that the Supreme Court finally ruled sodomy laws to be unconstitutional.  The fact that we've gone from that a few years ago to having gay marriage now legalized in four states is nothing short of remarkable.  Gays are "the new blacks" precisely because they have made progress.  It was never illegal in this country to be black.


I knew homosexuals were persecuted much worse in the past. I guess I still can't believe that it was completely acceptable (and expected) to hate for such a lame reason.

I didn't know the Supreme Court ruling in the U.S. was so recent, though. Makes me wonder what kind of leaps we'll take between my generation and the next. Exponential times, and all. :eek:

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: learningtofly]
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Rly? On the other hand, evolution wishes only the best to reproduce, which is why some people think that gay is an evolutionary tool to weed out the gene pool.


I don't think that wording rings true. Evolution doesn't 'wish' anything: evolution is just the on-going result of a big cluster-fuck. There is no 'best,' only best suited to the environment. Sometimes that means the physically weakest, mentally slowest, smelliest, ugliest creatures steal your girl because they have Ferraris. :mad2:

Talk of gene pools is especially irrelevant recently, with the advent of artificial insemination.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cameron]
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And in any case, that reasoning doesn't make sense. Evolution doesn't have 'tools' to weed out the gene pool. It can't turn someone gay to stop them reproducing.


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I know... that just the smallest
                                                part of the world belongs to me
You know... I'm not a blind man
                                                    but truth is the hardest thing to see

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: MJF]
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i've got to admit i've used the term "gay" to mean other things...and i know it's not PC.....but....come on....words are just words.


It doesn't offend me or anything: I'm not gay, and I'm sure most gay people have thick enough skins with all the BS they put up with. But I still think the negative use of words like 'gay' and 'fag' contributes to a subconscious fear and hatred of homosexuals.

Words are only words, but they still shape our worldview: if you associate 'gay' with 'bad' enough times, it's going to effect your opinions. None of us are immune to that kind of pattern strengthening.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: zouden]
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The big G carries some sort of trident, does he not?


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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cameron]
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Because cock sucking is for the gays!


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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cubie]
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You'd do it if you could reach

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cameron]
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oh no i would not i know where my cock has been :hehehe:


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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cameron]
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Cameron said:
Quote:
i've got to admit i've used the term "gay" to mean other things...and i know it's not PC.....but....come on....words are just words.


It doesn't offend me or anything: I'm not gay, and I'm sure most gay people have thick enough skins with all the BS they put up with. But I still think the negative use of words like 'gay' and 'fag' contributes to a subconscious fear and hatred of homosexuals.

Words are only words, but they still shape our worldview: if you associate 'gay' with 'bad' enough times, it's going to effect your opinions. None of us are immune to that kind of pattern strengthening.


I totally agree. I wouldn't like it if people started using "left-handed" to mean "bad". Even if they didn't actually have any problem with left-handed people, that connection is still being made.


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I know... that just the smallest
                                                part of the world belongs to me
You know... I'm not a blind man
                                                    but truth is the hardest thing to see

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: zouden]
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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: Why is homophobia so rampant today? [Re: Cameron]
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Cameron said:
I don't get it.



Too many homos?  :justdontknow:


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