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are there any lefty Homophobes?

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R1Geezer | 15:36 Mon 11th Jul 2011 | News
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It seems from SP below that only right wing newspapers and presumably their readers can be homophobic, will the liberal elite on here will enlighten us on the qualifications needed? FYI I do not buy and hardly ever read any newspaper.
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Having briefly read the previous question, I don't think the point the questioner is making is that only right wing people can be homophobic.
Rather that there is a section of the British tabloid press, which happens to be conservative with both a small and a large "c", likes to target minorities with attention-grabbing headlines that pander to the predujices of a section of its readership. In the context of the British press it does appear only to be the "right-wing" papers that do this, but plainly, if you take the population at large, people of all political persuasions can be homophobic.
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R1Geezer

That is a very interesting question, which I don't think has ever been posed on AB. Speaking purely on empirical evidence, I would say that aligning oneself with 'left wing philosophy' would ge incompatible with being homophobic...but I don't believe for a single moment that there are no lefties who hate the homos
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...it's just that it's so frowned upon in left wing circles that anyone who really DID have gay prejudice would keep it very well hidden.

The equivalent is a Conservative-voting, Surrey-dwelling, golf-club member who doesn't see anything wrong with Muslim women wearing the burkha.

However, the general truth is that 'lefties' are more inclined to inclusivity (possibly because left-leaning politics are an urban trait, which means you're more likely to meet blacks, gays, Muslims etc), whereas 'conservative' (small 'c') strongholds are tradionally non-urban.

All of the above is a hug generalisation.
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freudian slip?

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