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Originally posted by bilmore
Cool. Demonize an opponent by showing that he shares that one attribute that you are fighting to make acceptable. On all sorts of psychological levels, this is strategic idiocy.
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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.
