Theos-Talk Archives (August 2004 Message tt00215)

stevestubbs wrote:
> If it matters, homophobia is an instance of what psychologists 
> call "reaction formation," a defense mechanism in which one reacts 
> strongly to an attribute in others which he finds repulsive in 
> himself. 
That's just a way to shut people up. "If you disapprove of 
homosexuality, that's proof that you're a homosexual."

Bart