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[–] jeegte12 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

People who say that are the same people who say homophobes don't like gay people because they're actually trying to hide being gay themselves. It's just pseudo-psychological fantasy.

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[–] SharonLeeFan ago 

Yeah if you take a look at some of the most vocal anti-gay US politicians, you'd see that that theory holds water. Some homophobes are just assholes, but plenty are self-repressed gays.

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[–] FreshieD ago 

Ah, well, I'm one of the people who says that. The only reason I can see someone being homophobic is if they're afraid that being exposed to homosexuality will make them question their own sexuality and they're so insecure that scares them and/or they're brainwashed by religion to hate anyone the church leadership tells them to.

I'd love to hear a reasoned/rational counter-argument to that if you have one, it might help me understand some of the people in my family.

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[–] jeegte12 ago 

A lot of men want very badly to be masculine. In our culture, one of the most effeminate things possible for a man to do is be interested in other men. It's considered a core masculine trait to want/have a beautiful woman.