SocraticGadfly: J Edgar Hoover and psychological projection

February 19, 2009

J Edgar Hoover and psychological projection

If you ever needed more indirect proof that FBI director J. Edgar Hoover was a closeted gay, the likely psychological projection involved with him “investigating” people such as Jack Valenti on suspicions of being gay should be the final nail in the coffin.

LBJ initially said no on the Valenti look-see, but J. Eager Believer kept pushing and Johnson eventually relented.

Sadly, though people’s attitudes can grow and change over time, Bill Moyers pushed the FBI to investigate alleged gayness of a couple of other people.

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