Marginalized groups’ assertive claims to rights infuriate authoritarians more than their mere existence.

Evidence

Furthermore, as homosexuals have increasingly “come out,” they seem to have infuriated authoritarians the way that black Americans did during the civil rights movement. “Don’t these people know they should be ashamed of what they are?” and “What makes them think they have the same rights that ‘decent people’ do?” were heard as often in the 1980s about homosexual protest as they were in the 1960s about black protest. One expects, therefore, that as homosexuality becomes more socially acceptable in society, some High RWAs will lower their voices. (However, the connection in the public mind between male homosexuality and AIDS may delay this modulation.) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 378 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: High authoritarians readily support persecution of groups including their own. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology: Key Readings, 917; Out-group visibility infuriates authoritarians regardless of the specific target group — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 378

Broader Connections

• Out-group visibility infuriates authoritarians regardless of the specific target group #complicates (0.78) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 378