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In reply to the discussion: trump threatened Lindsey Graham to keep him in line? [View all]mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)That would be mortified if they were 'outed', even if the whole world basically 'knows', as is case with Graham.
Put on top of it the fact that he's a Senator from Southern State?
He grew up in a different time, I'm fairly certain with parents who would've taught him being gay was 100% evil.
Even when 'the times change', people don't always change along with them, even when it's to their advantage (one would think) to do so.
I absolutely believe it's possible Graham could be manipulated by threats of being outed ... which is not to say that he's NOT also got proclivities toward men much his junior, but I wouldn't say that's a requirement ... to extorting him.
Sad as it is, some people would rather die than have 'everyone know', again, esp. people of older generations.
As an aside, wasn't it just yesterday a teen took their own life over being outed on instagram?