This seems like the classic "everyone says I'm wrong, which somehow just proves that I'm right" Usenet argument. The only modern viewpoint I can think of that

This seems like the classic "everyone says I'm wrong, which somehow just proves that I'm right" Usenet argument. The only modern viewpoint I can think of that remotely fits your narrative is the tendency of outspoken homophobes to get caught having gay sex, and even that's a stretch.