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Sometimes it's "reaction formation". They like a thing. That makes them uncomfortable. They instead go hard in the other direction - they hate the thing it's horrible and bad and the worst.
Sometimes they're just... basic, and need the world to fit into simple boxes. Anything else stresses their brain.
Yeah it's something you see around when you start looking for it. It's such an unhappy but easy means to preserve ego