re: Are severly anti-gay people more likely to be gay?

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Are severly anti-gay people more likely to be gay?

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True Homophobes

It is a shame that our language and terminology has been so inundated by emotional hyperbolic misuse. Racist, Misogynist, Islamophobe, Thug, etc.

We saw an occurrence in an earlier thread misusing the term "ban".

However, this thread touches on the true meaning and basis of "Homophobe" or "Homophobia" -- referring to those with a profound Fear of Homosexuals or Homosexuality.

We see common overuse of "homophobe" in reference to any critique of gay individuals, activism, lifestyles, etc. It's silly. Fear of Homosexuals means just that --- fear. Just as Jekyll feared Hyde.

Unless one has a fear of actually being caught, physically overwhelmed, and raped by a marauding band of gays, there is but one remaining reason to fear homosexuality. It stands to reason that to be a true homophobe, one likely fears succumbing to homosexual tendency himself. IOW, no fancy renders no fear.

The OP describes what I'd envision as true homophobes.