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Jamaal510

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Reply to dilby (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 02:03 AM

Apr 2014

I have come across plenty of people over the years who did and said homophobic stuff (including some people in my own family), who are straight. Plus, homophobia was even more commonplace just a few years ago and before then. It used to be the norm to be a homophobe. If most people who hate gays did happen to be gay themselves, then I seriously doubt that the world's population would be as large as it is now.

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"Most Homophobes are secretly gay. [View all] leftieNanner Apr 2014 OP

Most homophobes are openly bigots... SidDithers Apr 2014 #1

hmm, i suppose some portion of triskadecaphobes are actually 13. unblock Apr 2014 #2

Perhaps, leftieNanner Apr 2014 #3

on the internet, on can never be too sure.... unblock Apr 2014 #5

Most homophobes are a**holes, who either A.) want to feel... displacedtexan Apr 2014 #4

... Matariki Apr 2014 #6

I hate this statement. dilby Apr 2014 #7

I agree...but I think the comeback about spiders is that joeybee12 Apr 2014 #9

I disagree. The implication, to me, is that there is something wrong with society. closeupready Apr 2014 #11

Many conservatives, whether gay or straight, are hypocrites. CJCRANE Apr 2014 #14

+1 Jamaal510 Apr 2014 #24

Agreed. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2014 #26

Most conservatives are secretly human beings. CJCRANE Apr 2014 #8

Why are homophobes obsessed with gay people? closeupready Apr 2014 #10

Probably because, deep down, they're afraid they might be one. KamaAina Apr 2014 #12

Agree, either because they ARE gay, or else they have gay fantasies, like 95% closeupready Apr 2014 #15

It is ok to make up statistics whopis01 Apr 2014 #21

Some certainly are obsessed because of their own interalized homophobia. Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #17

Though I don't entirely agree, you've made some really good points here, BtA. closeupready Apr 2014 #18

Most arachnophobes don't attempt to establish legislation denying existence to arachnids. LanternWaste Apr 2014 #13

Maybe They're Afraid Of Reprisal! ProfessorGAC Apr 2014 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author closeupready Apr 2014 #16

just like most racists are not secretly black. some are (or have been in the past) La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2014 #20

Homophobes are usually straight people who hate gays. DemocraticWing Apr 2014 #22

It's also fear. leftieNanner Apr 2014 #23

I think bi rather than gay. If you're bi, you can choose to engage only in opposite sex relations eridani Apr 2014 #25