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Middle Barael wrote:

You know that liberal belief that homophobes and conservatives are really just closeted LGBTQ+ folk whose internalized hatred manifests itself as homophobia? I think this may finally be the proof we’re looking for /s

Ugh, people who say that! Apart from anything else, it's a way for straight people to avoid thinking critically about their own behaviour and how it can contribute to homophobia. I wouldn't suggest Bolsonaro is bi because he's homophobic, in the same way I wouldn't suggest Putin is gay because he's homophobic; that's putting the burden of homophobia on the LGBT+ community instead of where it actually lies - in religious teachings, in how one is raised etc etc.

It's perhaps applicable to the tvtropes homophobe, but nobody else.