Jun 22 2007
Self-loathing in the Tancredo campaign
I’ve always been intrigued by gays that work for far-right organizations and wingnuts like GOP Presidential hopeless Tom Tancredo:
Tyler Whitney, the immediate past chair of Western Michigan University YAF, the chair of the Michigan Teenage Republicans, or TARs, and the current webmaster for the Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colorado) for President website, has been telling other conservative activists for about a month of his coming out journey.
It’s almost like a tamer version of Jews working for Nazis, and it must require an incredible amount of self-loathing to work for a candidate or organization that despises a very core essence of one’s own being. I’d say it also requires a relentless sense of opportunism, but not in this case, because Tancredo has about as much chance of getting the GOP nomination as I do. But you know, many people (and regularly occuring revelations) seem to lend evidence to the idea that a lot of the most vocal opponents of homosexuality tend to be severely repressed homosexuals. How’s this for self-loathing? -
In addition to his ties to Tancredo, Whitney is closely associated with Kyle Bristow, the leader of the Young Americans for Freedom MSU chapter, now officially listed as a hate group. Bristow has opined that if he had a gay son he would kill him, and that homosexuals should be in prison.
Whitney is also pictured in a Nov. 20 protest holding a sign which reads “Go back in the closet.” The protest was against a proposed comprehensive human rights ordinance in the city of Lansing, an ordinance that was later adopted by a unanimous vote of the City Council.
Seriously, how does this guy sleep at night?
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It is not about "self-loathing" at all. I don't understand why people keep perpetuating that myth. If you talk to Tyler or any other gay paleo-conservative, you will discover that they are actually coming from an ideology of superiority. They have no problem with being gay or engaging in gay sex. But they abhor other gays who they see as effeminate, weak, cowardly, and sniveling. This exact profile (of the gay Republican) was detailed in Scott Lively's book 'The Pink Swastika'. This type of gay male literally derives erotic fulfillment out of denigrating and even physically assaulting other gays. Yet they feel no guilt about their own homosexual behavior. If you talk to them, they will not even flinch as they justify their strong opposition to gay marriage, hate crimes legislation, gays in the military, and employment non-discrimination laws. Terry Dolan, Justin Raimondo, and Tom Beddingfield are other examples who have been in the news.
I really don't know much about the gay subculture, but if what you say is indeed true, it would explain a lot and it is quite disturbing.