The dominant counter-perspective, OTOH, is that homosexuality is an illegitimate way of feeling that exists to cover for sexual trauma, which, to someone in that position, is evidently false; there are biological bases for this stuff. The people who make this claim misunderstand how gay people experience attraction -- it's almost like trying to cure someone of schizophrenia by telling them that they're just pretending to see dead people. Of course they're going to side with the camp that at least knows how they feel over the one that dismisses them out of hand.
I disagree.
Firstly, the "dominant counter-perspective" on homosexuality is more or less that "It's degenerate", but that's just online. The rest of what you're saying are just reasons pathplogising homosexuality.
Even then those explanations have very different adoption rates by different groups and people.
I think people on this site, and the Internet in general, have a very myopic view of how normal people view things. Online discourse trends towards these because they are a meme and the Internet gives the most vocal the ability to argue with each other.
In general the prevailing mindset towards homosexuality for a Rightoid is pretty much acceptance.
There's no significant/dominant group of Conservatives that is out and about talking about gay people or trying to save them. The narritive around this is really just rooted in Religious Conservatism that just isn't that influential anymore.
It's on par with referencing Nazis, and the people that are having negative religious experiences within these groups are from poor and super religious backgrounds. Your average out of the closet homosexual isn't getting push back from Conservatives on who they're having sex with.
Secondly, we know sexual assault can induce trauma responses. Among the many, one IS homosexuality. I don't think anyone seriously believes gay people are using SA as a cover to be gay. They're saying that it's a response TO BEING sexually assaulted.
I mean if you can be groomed into a behavior then you can be conditioned into a sexuality, or at the very least to being receptive to it.
Realistically what drives most homosexuals to Liberalism/Leftism is that their identity is heavily invested in being gay. Liberals put themselves out there as the group that is for and most accepting of them. So if you're gay and liberals go out of their way to be the gay group, you're naturally going to go to that group.
Combine that with anti religious propaganda and saying that Conservatives want to send you to conversion camps and it's a forgone conclusion.
It's no different than being a feminist or black. When that's your identity and you're being told that THAT'S the group that supports you, and THAT'S the group that hates you, you're going to go to what you perceive is the more accepting group.
Like imagine playing a video game and you're an elf ranger. The game says you have 3 guilds you can join. Sword guild, bow guild or dagger guild.
Which one are you most perceptive to?
There is no push back in the mainstream against gays. It's just liberals telling them there is and that their home is with them. In the REAL world Republicans just hate Liberal politics and are becoming more willing to be confrontational when identity is brought into it.
