When mocking goes to extremes (see details), does it reveal something about groupthink?

My sweet Nullo turned me on to this article, detailing a day when thousands of Christians gathered to mock gay people and stereotypes associated with gay people through dressing up or (clearly!) being nude and performing on stage. So I read through it and saw the pictures and wondered about the hundreds in the crowds who are actually LGBT and miserable for being in the closet and participating in this kind of pathetic activity. And I thought that when this kind of mocking is done to the extreme and in such large numbers, all it really reveals is the innermost desires of the people participating. Seems to me, that guy in a thong and his buddies are simply loving this. What do you think?