Guest Column: Homophobia remains a big issue among conservatives
There’s an intense war going on at the moment among members of the online MAGA-verse, far-right figures who have been largely supportive of Donald Trump.
From politics to religion to support for Trump, the MAGA community is in serious disarray over a range of issues.
One of the most intense battles involves right-wing commentators Benny Johnson and Milo Yiannopoulos. The first shot was fired on December 6, when Yiannopoulos – who has unabashedly prided himself on being an openly gay far-right bigot – accused numerous conservative influencers (including Johnson and the late Charlie Kirk) of being closeted gay men on the Tim Pool Podcast during a conversation with swindler and former MAGA representative George Santos, who is also gay.
Johnson, a husband and father of four (and soon to be five) children, has denied the claims and threatened to sue Yiannopoulos over his accusations.
The contentious exchange between these two men illustrates a larger issue that has long plagued the Republican party and the conservative right: rampant and rabid homophobia. While neither major political party can claim to be........
