I really like your theory but wonder if Valerie Slestak is that benign.
No idea.
To my mind, these people simply cannot get their minds around anybody else having a purpose other than becoming as much like meeee as possible.
This is, of course, astonishing because one of the major things they pat themselves on the back for is their tolerance and understanding of The Other.
In actual fact, of course, they don’t really believe The Other exists. Except of course for evil straight white conservative men.
They are probably the most blinkered and self-congratulatory group in the history of the world. Despite, or perhaps partly because, their considering themselves to be so enlightened.
My boss is a proud member of this group. He truly considers all conservatives to be either ignorant, stupid or evil. Despite all this, he is a really great guy.
I’ve worked for him almost 10 years. For the first few years he tried to convert me. I routinely handed him his head in discussion. You see, I fully understand where his group is coming from, but he has quite literally never made any attempt to understand the other side.
Ignorant, stupid, evil. He can’t really believe I’m any of the above, and he simply cannot mentally handle the possibility that he and his group are the ones in the wrong. So we’ve simply stopped discussing these issues.