So I think it’s defensive projection. If they let down their wall of fear, they might have to come to terms with their insecurity. The fact that they have had queer thoughts and never came to terms with it. They hide their feminine/masculine/freaky side, I believe the entire conservative culture suppresses their true nature because they are trained to fear judgement. The more you attack a subgroup the more likely you do it out of insecurity. How many times have we seen the most hateful person towards LGBTQ end up having some freaky stuff hiding in the closet. If you have no healthy outlet, it can become a monster.

[–] Binette@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

To add a bit more nuance to this, denying trans people their gender gives them no need to justify theirs in their eyes. They consider their ASAB to give themselves inherent traits. It's a form of gatekeeping. People are affraid of their ASAB not meaning much in the end. This is also why TERFs are bioessentialist. They want to gatekeep the experience of womanhood to people who were AFAB. It might be because of insecurity, but it can also be just a powertrip for them (which goes hand by hand, but not always)