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For the homophobic insult thing, just want to point out we still do it.
Stuff like saying "Trump is Putin's bitch" or using pictures of them kissing to gross people out for instance. The insult purpose is to alternate you from Trump not from gay people, but it can also do that, and it taps into a knee jerk revulsion to effect those with that specific disgust response.
This isn't about personally susceptiblity to bigotry. It's about what the words are doing and achieving socially. There are different things that effect everyone on this level. The aggragate impact is what is relavent.