Sometimes. Like, is it an opinion when people tell me they don't like this https://imgur.com/a/URDTaW7 shirt? Yes. Is it also homophobic? YES
I'm kidding around. So no one pull a, "see, these people think everything is homophobic! So homophobia isn't real!"

I agree with Slagathor.

People insist on calling their racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, etc., "just an opinion" so that they feel they can accuse those who don't "respect" those "opinions" or who criticize those "opinions" of not respecting their humanity ("see, who's the REAL bigot!"). And that doesn't even follow. It is very cowardly and deluded to believe you're being brave by espousing your "not PC enough, unpopular opinion!" and then in the same breath refuse to claim it or own it for what it is. There doesn't seem to be a truly staggering number of people anymore who will tell me they're buying that shit, either. But then, they won't directly tell their friend (who is doing it) that they're not buying it. Is that partly because this completely stupid defense of "it's just my opinion" has worked a lot better better than it should have? It's like people are afraid they're being unfair if they call homophobia what it is, or if they call racism what it is, etc. So, it seems like to me that maybe a lot of the people who claim not to be buying it are buying it, at least a little.