Pulse nightclub shooter Omar Mateen was spurned by boyfriends, ‘did it for revenge,’

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15. You don't see blaming gay people for being the source of their own persecution as being homophobic?

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#009999]I think it is very homophobic and a type of victim blaming.

Not to mention, that it implicitly implies that straight people can never be the source of homophobia. Someone does something homophobic then they have to be a self-loathing gay.

Yes, there can be gay people like that. A gay person who has been twisted by the homophobia and heterosexism of our culture; but the major source of homophobia and heterosexism remains straight bigots. The majority of people who voted for and approved the "Kill the gays" bill in Uganada were straight.

I am sickened by the speed with which some people here on DU embrace this homophobic meme. And doing so in-spite of the fact that this man had two wives, had a child, and even stalked women. He OBVIOUSLY had opposite sex attraction meaning he was bi or straight...NOT GAY.

And the evidence for same sex attraction is spurious at best. SPECULATION that he MIGHT have be gay from his ex-wife. Accusations from unnamed sources and hear say? This wouldn't hold water in court. But, it is apparently good enough to accuse one the worst crimes ever committed against the American LGBTQIA+ community of being committed by one of our own?

I am asexual, not homosexual nor bi, and I find that to be horribly offensive. At the very least such accusations shouldn't be made by a "LIBERAL" Message board without solid evidence.

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