According to "Hillbilly Elegy," Vance's grandmother assured him that he wasn't gay, but that God would still love him if he was.

Yes, there’s more to it than that and it’s quite stupid and also quite bigoted. Republicans don’t need to know that. They didn’t and won’t read his book anyway.

  • blarth@thelemmy.club
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    4 months ago

    Every straight person I’ve talked to says they knew they were straight very early on. This goes for me as well. There was a brief moment in my teen years where I asked myself if I might be gay. It lasted about two seconds. The result was negative. There was no way I was going to be gay.

    If this dude “convinced” himself he was gay, well, I think he might just be at least bi.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Every straight person I’ve talked to says they knew they were straight very early on.

      Idk, man. There are definitely people I know with a very clear gender identity from an early age. But their were plenty more that weren’t so cemented at one pole or the other of the Kinsey Scale.

      If this dude “convinced” himself he was gay, well, I think he might just be at least bi.

      The problem is fundamentally of definition. Are you simply Bisexual or are you Deluded By Satan Into Having Impure Thoughts?

      The answer is entirely rooted in your morality. If you’re convinced homosexuality is evil, then of course you’re going to feel like any non-straight impulse must be a sin.

    • rabber@lemmy.caEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I thought I was gay when I was like 13 or 14 and then never thought of it again, the thought just went away

      I still have long hair since that time but have a wife of 10 years ha

  • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    When he brought up the issue with his grandmother — known to Vance as “Mamaw” — she replied bluntly: “Don’t be a fucking idiot, how would you know that you’re gay?”

    When Vance explained his reasoning, she laughed.

    “JD, do you want to suck dicks?” she said, according to the book.

    So… 8 year old JD Vance instead wanted to eat pussy?

  • tlou3please@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    So, is he…

    1. Fundamentally misrepresenting homosexually as self delusion and a choice, or

    2. A closet homosexual in denial, like so many other homophobes

    I guess they’re not mutually exclusive.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      “I closeted myself and am resigned to a loveless marriage in my pursuit of a political career. Why can’t you?”