• charliespider@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Claiming that someone’s homophobia is because they are secretly gay is ultimately blaming the gays for said homophobia.

    It’s also entirely possible that someone is just a hateful piece of shit.

    • LemmyLefty@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Women can be sexist and nonwhite people can be racist: being a member of a marginalized group unfortunately doesn’t inherently keep someone from perpetuating the discrimination against said group. It’s absolutely true that a lot of, and definitely the majority, of homophobic people are straight, but a lot of the terror-based homophobia stems from projection.