Xenophobia is not a musical instrument like the Xylophone.
Perhaps you're
thinking of the Xenophone.
The Xenophone has a musical keyboard where all the
wires go to the wrong notes.
It makes a terrible cacaphony.
(There is no such
thing. Product of a sick imagination. Copyright. You heard it here first.)
The
Xenophobia is a brain where all the wires go to the wrong notes.
It makes a terrible
cacaphony.
Xenophobia is the dislike, hatred or disdain for something that is different
from one's self.
Sort of like racism, nationalism, sexism, etc. all rolled into
one.
And exactly like a disease it sounds like it might be, it is indeed a disease.
It
is contagious, spreads rapidly and is virulent.
The only cures are education,
good-upbringing, compassion, decency or failing those- a ball-peen hammer to the
cranium.
(Bonk- anybody in there?)
It is not acceptable.
Or allowable.
Public
displays qualify as a "hate crime". They are seldom prosecuted.
Even
politicians get away with it.
Sometimes, they are even elected President.