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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Um, how does disclosing that he is gay "demonize" him? I think that's a very poor choice of words, and a veiled effort to rationalize for those who asked him to step down. If it's enough that his constituents and your party think he's a demon based on that information, well, then nobody should come out of the closet.
I don't like involuntary outing, but what motivates it is not an effort to "demonize" the outee, as you say. Rather, it's a desire to humanize the characteristic of being gay. It often works, but at too high a personal cost for my blood. I'm not a high stakes gambler.
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Hopefully, you read a later post that points out that the demonization, while not the goal of the outers, is essentially what happens in the eyes of lots of people. All they're gonna see is, he had to quit because it got out that he was gay. I submit that the effect of that is a demonization because of his gayness.
