Hope That Holds.

I actually think he's both. There is such a thing as anti-gay bigotry that isn't homophobic -- that's just flippant and knee-jerk and rests on an unexamined assumption of the deviance/inferiority of homosexuality, but that perceives it as more of an annoyance or an absurdity than a threat. Card is positively *terrified.* The fear drips off everything he writes -- from a fear of his children being kicked out of schools for being insufficiently gay-positive to the fear that America will collapse because, I can't remember, no one will want to join the military to support a government that takes away their right to moral superiority. I mean, it's all the bizarre rantings of one of that particular brand of right-winger that sees danger, conspiracy, and enemies everywhere. It's about nothing but fear.

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