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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai
He is absolutely correct when he says that it is very common for the most vocal anti-gay people to actually be gay themselves. They are using a psychological defence called projection, where they project their own internal stuff onto the world around them as they can't accept that which is inside.
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Just to remind you that there is little if no empirical evidence to bolster this claim, amongst psyhcologists this claim is pasisonately discussed, at least it was like that at my time.
The claim is mostly given because the psychoanalytical projection defence mechanism is a known concept to the wide public and nicely serves the purpose of claiming a rethorical victory.
It compares to "women not ready for sex are frigid", and "When she says No, deep inside she means Yes."
Or in short, I think for the most the claim is illustrating a cliche. Or compares to depicting critics of Islam as being "phobic" of it.