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[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 215 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 46 points 9 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@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago

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

[-] Danksy@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

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@lemmy.world 5 points 9 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.

[-] jtk@lemmy.sdf.org 50 points 9 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@lemmy.world 41 points 9 months ago

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

[-] clutchmatic@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

I thought these emotions were related to Thalasin™

[-] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago

Where my thrantiveness at?

[-] AtariDump@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Why does “Loric” look like Mark Zuckerberg?

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

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

[-] Setarkus@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

This is loric slander!

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 18 points 9 months ago

Did she chose to like women?

[-] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 68 points 9 months ago

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@lemmy.world 57 points 9 months ago

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

[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 29 points 9 months ago

Beards are gods burkas

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

sounds like he wants to fuck a twink

[-] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

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

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 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

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

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

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

Yes, that comment was satire.

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