Proud Boys vs. LGBTQIA+
Channel: Sam Vaknin's Musings
Date: 16/06/2022

Reaction formation is when you behave in ways which defy who you really are and how you truly feel: a homophobic latent homosexual, an over-solicitous hating daughter, and overprotective resentful mother, an pacifist who is violent at heart, a Black Lives Matter activist who is a racist.

LITERATURE

Juni, S. (1981). Theoretical foundations of reaction formation as a defense mechanism. Genetic Psychology Monographs, 104(1), 107–135.

Journal of Personality 
Freudian Defense Mechanisms and Empirical Findings in Modern Social Psychology: Reaction Formation, Projection, Displacement, Undoing, Isolation, Sublimation, and Denial
Roy F. Baumeister, Karen Dale, Kristin L. Sommer
First published: 04 January 2002 
https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6494.00043