Frank DeVol: Homophobe or Hypocrite?
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hockeyhrs — 9 years ago(October 27, 2016 10:09 PM)
There's long been debate about whether gay people are
(a) born (it's in their DNA)
vs.
(b) made (it's caused by events that occur in their childhood)
Either way, very few argue that gayness is a considered CHOICE that one adopts after a careful trade study. They just are that way either by DNA or environment, and we leave them unburdened by volition in the matter.
So why isn't the same reasoning applied to homophobes? i.e., Either Mr. DeVol was (allegedly) homophobic by nature, or he learned it from older people in his environment (and there was nobody of the non-homophobic persuasion to disabuse him of those ideas).
In other words, why do we let gays be pawns of the random forces in nature/society, but we act as if the anti-gay (homophobes) are masters of their universe and can control their feelings 100%?
And why should musicians be less vulnerable to queer-hatred than non-musicians?