• GiantFloppyCock@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    But that’s not what this is saying. It’s saying that homophobic (or outwardly homophobic) politicians are closeted self-hating gays. And although I agree it’s a stereotype and obviously not true for all homophobes, I don’t see how pointing out the hypocrisy of this category of politicians it’s homophobic. Many people including myself don’t care if you’re a guy who enjoys tasting some primo quality cock, but if you’re doing so while promoting or pushing anti-gay laws then yeah I’m going to laugh at you for being a hypocritical shitbag.

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      1 year ago

      I’m not even sure it’s fair to call it a stereotype. There is a verifiable trend of homophobes in power that are gay or bi. Particularly in politics and religion. For garden variety homophobes, sure. It’s a stereotype. But the ones that are actually influencing others and pushing policy, there’s far too many of them that have been caught with their pants down to simply dismiss the trend as one. Is it harmful and unproductive? Yeah. Is it incorrect? More likely than not, no

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        I’m not even sure it’s fair to call it a stereotype. There is a verifiable trend of homophobes in power that are gay or bi. Particularly in politics and religion. For garden variety homophobes, sure. It’s a stereotype. But the ones that are actually influencing others and pushing policy, there’s far too many of them that have been caught with their pants down to simply dismiss the trend as one. Is it harmful and unproductive? Yeah. Is it incorrect? More likely than not, no

        This seems like a testable hypothesis.