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[–] [email protected] 215 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Many of the people that think being gay is a choice are in fact bisexual. So for them it's a choice on whether or not to act on it. They assume everyone else works the same way.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 11 months ago

I choose to be monogamous with my partner. When I was single there was not a single conscious thought rattling around the horn brain.

[–] cholesterol 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would think that everyone choosing their sexuality implies that everyone essentially has the ability to 'be' any sexuality.

[–] Danksy 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

From a logical perspective that implication is true, choosing your sexuality implies you have a choice. However, I disagree with the premise that there is a choice to begin with.

I do not choose to be straight, I just am. I'm not gay, and no amount of choosing will change that. I'm a guy, and I can choose to look for a boyfriend, but it won't change the fact that I'm attracted to women. Now maybe I discover that I'm actually attracted to both men and women, but I would argue that discovering is different from choosing. Choosing would mean that I can choose to not be attracted to a gender, which I can't. I can only choose whether or not I act on it.

[–] cholesterol 5 points 11 months ago

However, I disagree with the premise that there is a choice to begin with.

Yes, me too. I'm just expanding on the consequence of thinking sexuality is a choice.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 11 months ago

The "it's a choice" move is just to avoid having to discuss exactly why they believe gay people should not only be punished in this world, but for all eternity. Always move the conversation in the direction whenever they use it.

[–] samus12345 41 points 11 months ago

Denying your sexuality is a choice, but the sexuality itself is not.

[–] clutchmatic 29 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I thought these emotions were related to Thalasin™

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Where my thrantiveness at?

[–] AtariDump 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why does “Loric” look like Mark Zuckerberg?

[–] AnUnusualRelic 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Zuckerberg has always been known to be very loric. Doesn't it say so on his page?

[–] Setarkus 2 points 11 months ago

This is loric slander!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did she chose to like women?

[–] [email protected] 68 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You misunderstand. Obviously, everyone feels homosexual attraction, "being" gay is choosing to act on that attraction. That's what they mean when they say "being gay is a choice".

[–] Sylver 57 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Just like that Saudi religious leader that says men must keep full beards so he doesn’t feel tempted by the beauty of a shaved man

[–] shneancy 8 points 11 months ago

sounds like he wants to fuck a twink

[–] somethingsnappy 6 points 11 months ago

Off topic, but his wife doesn't wear hijab.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

i mean, i get it, arabic men have the capacity to be weirdly uniquely smokey with a shorter shave.

talk about fertile crescent

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just checking that the “obviously” is the sarcastic part, right? Because not everyone is bisexual.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yes, that comment was satire.