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.
I agree with your assessment, a lot of them are definitely slimy bottom dwellers. I don’t want people to stop calling that out at all, it’s the equation of sleazeball with skeletons in the closet and gay that people should knock off.
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.
I agree with your assessment, a lot of them are definitely slimy bottom dwellers. I don’t want people to stop calling that out at all, it’s the equation of sleazeball with skeletons in the closet and gay that people should knock off.