Re: Is this anti-homophobia tactic sound?

Oye-
So I may be entirely off-base here, and I don't know
Uncle Bob, but is it possible that he submitted this
post sarcastically, as an attempt to paraphrase what
he would see as the Antley's potential response? 
While that would make his sentiment no more tactful,
it might give us some indication of why the hell one
would post such ideas on this list.  


--- Kendall Clark <kendall-4GNy1lrxftmrG/[email protected]> wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> Since we have a good mixture of people on this list,
> I want to ask for
> some advice. In response to the recent nasty
> message, I wrote this
> message, but then decided not to send it because I
> wasn't sure it was
> politically sound. Bijan suggested I raise the issue
> here...
> 
> First, the message:
> 
> >>>>> "jack" == Jack McKinney
> <jack3743-XfrvlLN1Pqtfpb/[email protected]> writes:
> 
>   jack> I think this guy is a BFing rump-ranger that
> is trying to
>   jack> sound like he's straight.  Closet queers
> seem to be
>   jack> everywhere.  Uncle Bob 
> 
> Hmm, well, while it's strange to start coming to
> terms with your own
> sexuality on a public mailing list full of
> strangers, "Uncle Bob",
> we're certainly not going to like you any less if
> you are gay or, as
> you seem to prefer it, one of the "closeted queers"
> who "seem to be
> everywhere".
> 
> As for you interest in men who you take to be "BFing
> rump-ranger[s]",
> well, that's kind of private too, and we don't
> really do personal ads
> or anything, but I'm sure if you will seek
> counseling or psychiatric
> help during this painful transition, from the
> extreme homophobia you
> display above to a more healthy self-understanding,
> you can end up
> finding a sexually satisfying relationship with just
> such a man, if
> that's what you want.
> 
> 				 ###
> 
> Now what concerns me is that, while I mean this
> response sincerely, it
> may cheapen or inappropriately problematize the real
> struggle gay men
> sometimes go through in accepting their sexuality.
> Josh Baugher just
> pointed to an APA study[1] that seems to show
> conclusive evidence for the
> Freudian idea that extreme homophobia is a
> repression mechanism for
> dealing with homosexual desire.
> 
> So I'm wondering about this tactic... Should I as a
> straight man use
> it or not? Should anyone use it? Does it "feel"
> weird or inappropriate
> to others?
> 
> Best,
> Kendall Clark
> 
> Footnotes: 
> [1]  http://www.apa.org/releases/homophob.html
> 
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