• cybervseas@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Why do they have to be this way? What happened to these Republicans? Are they genuinely held beliefs or is it all just opportunism?

    ETA: does it matter? 🙁

    • acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I’m not a psychologist but there has to be some deep-seated self-loathing from repressing their true sexuality/identity for decades. Or maybe they subconsciously feel “if I can’t be who I want to be, you can’t either.”