a lovely phenomenon where people are bullied and harassed by society for their quirks so they feel the need to legitimize their identity and feel safe as the ostracizing party by ridiculing others. excerpt from “I Like Guys” by David Sedaris:
Why are we, as a community, always arguing about labels and who is more valid? We are all about to lose our rights, and what others do is not what is causing that, and they are not making you “look crazy,” what is doing that is fascists and fascism.