Some of the worst offenders of oppressing minorities were closeted minorities themselves. A lot of notoriously homophobic leaders turned out to be gay. It’s like they’re trying to overcompensate to be accepted in the group they want to fit in. Human psychology of fitting in your surrounding social group is a weird thing.
I think it’s a really weird confluence of acceptance seeking mixed with internalized homophobia from a religious upbringing. There’s such a strong self hatred they can’t help but take it out on others, because they feel:
Jealous that they don’t get to suck cock too (or for the ladies, have a meal at the bearded clam).
Jealous of the self acceptance others have had. That is, if they’re gay, “why don’t they hate themselves for that too?”
Enacting violence against someone like that is a perverse proxy for violence against the part of themselves they hate the most.
Some of the worst offenders of oppressing minorities were closeted minorities themselves. A lot of notoriously homophobic leaders turned out to be gay. It’s like they’re trying to overcompensate to be accepted in the group they want to fit in. Human psychology of fitting in your surrounding social group is a weird thing.
I think it’s a really weird confluence of acceptance seeking mixed with internalized homophobia from a religious upbringing. There’s such a strong self hatred they can’t help but take it out on others, because they feel:
But like, that’s just my opinion, man…