I haven't seen anyone blame their stupid position because of their secret homosexuality. I have however seen people call out their hypocrisy in being gay while being a part of the anti-gay party.
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I don't think the common thread is that they are "secretly gay".
But I do believe one of the most common threads is self-loathing/self-hatred and emotional repression, which they then over compensate for by forcing draconian policy on others who are more comfortable with themselves.
Drug use, infidelity, the need to justify a lifetime of privilege, over valuing the 1950's propagandized 'traditional American family', an uncountable list of problems with women, and yes, even repressed sexuality, are just some of the many root causes of their self-hatred.
I agree with your point that many people reveal latent homophobia, or at the very least a willingness to use it to disparage others, when discussing closeted LGBTQ Republican's. And that doing so is just frankly fucked up. But I don't want to throw the baby out with the bath water here. Much of their awful policies are because they are secretly something.
Liberal types love to weaponise homosexuality and pretend conservatives right wingers are secretly all repressed gay people.
Sure maybe one or two prominent examples might be, but the overwhelming majority are just hateful shits.
The most annoying thing is the tired line of “I’m not being homophobic only pointing out hypocrisy.”
It of course manages to absolve them of any of accusations that they might be homophobic. They aren’t gay, and it’s only self-hating gays that are homophobic after all.
It also frames the idea that they're like that because they're secretly gay, like they're a bad person for being gay. Which when you say it out loud that way actually sounds pretty homophobic as fuck.
Also accusing people of being gay like it's somehow a bad thing is pretty shitty as well.
Yes, it is definitely the left who weaponizes sexual identities.
Being secretly homosexual is irrelevant to their behaviour.
It has everything to do with them being oppressed into thinking it is evil and unnatural by religion.
It's semi-relevant, but like another user above explained in more detail, it's just a component of a larger trend of self loathing and repression.
Religion is ultimately to blame, really. Who cares if a Republican is gay. It's only a problem when they start pushing major anti-LGBT initiatives because they think that earns them enough good person points with invisible sky daddy to make up for their own "sin".
I only conclude repression when there's a basis for it. There are plenty of people who are bad on their own merits. But when you hear someone describe homosexuality as a temptation that takes effort to resist, or one who thinks everyone would be gay but for their religion or something, the conclusion is reasonable.
Some people are transphobes because they're just genuinely bad people. But then you hear a transphobe justify their hatred out of a fear that they could be tricked into transitioning, no bro its repression. Most people are happy with their gender, take the hormones.
Most people are genuinely disinterested in those they are not attracted to and secure in their own gender. If they show you that not being the case, it being due to repression is not an unreasonable thing to conclude.
I mean, if it quacks like a duck...
(P.S. - Actual out gay people usually make much better leaders.)
Jens Spahn and Alice Weidel enter the ring..
I agree that some people are miserable fucks because they are closeted. But the most of them are just greedy assholes that love to hurt other people.
Secretly gay and self hating, sure, maybe.
But the core thread is ignorant fear and looking at Nazism as a solution.
Why do they look like Jeff Dunham puppets to me? The one on the right especially looks like Junior.
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