Current Events > reminder: sexual orientation is not a "preference"

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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:11:34 PM
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cringe everytime someone says "I don't mind your preference" It's not a choice Einstein.

Discuss.

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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:14:42 PM
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16-BITTER posted...
What if you're bi/pansexual but prefer men?
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E32005
01/30/21 1:15:30 PM
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what a petty thing to get upset over

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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:17:06 PM
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"I don't agree with this, he must be upset"

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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:17:49 PM
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Conflict posted...
Not what he's talking about
exactly

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Human_Username
01/30/21 1:19:55 PM
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Of course it is.

You like one thing but not the other, you... *Gasp* prefer it!

I get what you're trying to say, but "preference" =/= "choice".

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monkmith
01/30/21 1:21:04 PM
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i too get upset about dumb shit that doesn't matter. for me, its the way people hang toilet paper.

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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:21:05 PM
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Human_Username posted...
Of course it is.

You like one thing but not the other, you... *Gasp* prefer it!

I get what you're trying to say, but "preference" =/= "choice".
Nope.

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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:21:44 PM
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I love how these threads bring out the dumbest ppl on CE.

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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:23:04 PM
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16-BITTER posted...
Seems like semantics to me
Then you should educate yourself.

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Human_Username
01/30/21 1:23:12 PM
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Conflict posted...
That's not at all how sexual orientation works. You don't "prefer" to be gay.

Jesus christ lol did this really need explaining?
Cute edited quote, how about adding the last of it?

God_Of_Entirety posted...
Nope
Typical argument from those with no argument.

God_Of_Entirety posted...
I love how these threads bring out the dumbest ppl on CE.
The irony...

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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:23:54 PM
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why do lbgt matters get dudes so angry? this is simple shit and just bringing it up makes you "upset" somehow, lmao.

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xXfireglzXx
01/30/21 1:23:56 PM
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You don't really care though, or you would be "educating" people instead of poking fun at them. You should stop using legitimate issues as a prop for starting pedantic arguments. It's disrespectful.

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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:24:51 PM
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Bump.

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SkittyOnWailord
01/30/21 1:25:55 PM
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God_Of_Entirety posted...
Bump.

Did you just bump this after you posted 1 minute ago? :/

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01/30/21 1:27:26 PM
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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:28:09 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
"Oh you're white? I respect your preference."
xD

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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:28:38 PM
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SkittyOnWailord posted...
Did you just bump this after you posted 1 minute ago? :/
Did you just ask me a rhetorical question about my rhetorical bump?

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Tenlaar
01/30/21 1:30:57 PM
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xXfireglzXx posted...
You should stop using legitimate issues as a prop for starting pedantic arguments. It's disrespectful.

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Machete
01/30/21 1:32:29 PM
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Feel free to disregard and not engage human username. That one is someone who has been shitposting in trans-related topics on hellhole.
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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:33:45 PM
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Machete posted...
Feel free to disregard and not engage human username. That one is someone who has been shitposting in trans-related topics on hellhole.
Yeah I can tell.

Hope he enjoys his preference of being born male.

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nemu
01/30/21 1:35:28 PM
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If someone asks you if you like men or women sexually, you have a preference for one over the other. It doesn't matter if you have a 0% chance of being interested. It's still a preference. That some people use the word "preference" in a snide, derisive way against gay people doesn't change that. You're being overly pedantic for the purpose of seeming virtuous.
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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:36:15 PM
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You not giving a shit doesn't make it pedantic.

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hockeybub89
01/30/21 1:38:03 PM
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nemu posted...
If someone asks you if you like men or women sexually, you have a preference for one over the other. It doesn't matter if you have a 0% chance of being interested. It's still a preference. That some people use the word "preference" in a snide, derisive way against gay people doesn't change that. You're being overly pedantic for the purpose of seeming virtuous.
Yeah some people just prefer being tall and SJWs need to deal with it.

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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:40:14 PM
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Crono99 posted...
I don't get this argument.

So, sexual orientation isn't a choice. But what would it matter if it was? I don't understand why it's such an important distinction whether it's a choice or not.

Like, it's literally none of anyone's business who someone is attracted to. It seems like some people think that if it was a choice, then all of a sudden it would become other people's business and it would be okay to discriminate? I don't get it.
Oh my fucking god...

I really might have to be a lbgt ambassador, just to show that every straight guy isn't an idiot.

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SergeantGander
01/30/21 1:40:36 PM
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SkittyOnWailord posted...
Did you just bump this after you posted 1 minute ago? :/

Yes. He just wants to stir the pot.

Ignore away

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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:41:15 PM
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active posts 15

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gamestunner
01/30/21 1:41:58 PM
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Crono99 posted...
I don't get this argument.

So, sexual orientation isn't a choice. But what would it matter if it was? I don't understand why it's such an important distinction whether it's a choice or not.

Like, it's literally none of anyone's business who someone is attracted to. It seems like some people think that if it was a choice, then all of a sudden it would become other people's business and it would be okay to discriminate? I don't get it.

Pretty much this. Who cares really? Tc obviously but majority of people dgaf.
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hockeybub89
01/30/21 1:42:49 PM
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Crono99 posted...
I don't get this argument.

So, sexual orientation isn't a choice. But what would it matter if it was? I don't understand why it's such an important distinction whether it's a choice or not.

Like, it's literally none of anyone's business who someone is attracted to. It seems like some people think that if it was a choice, then all of a sudden it would become other people's business and it would be okay to discriminate? I don't get it.
Ideally, it doesn't matter, but people are doubly rotten pieces of shit when they judge you for innate characteristics. It should also be easier to convince someone of that.

It's like how racism is viewed as worse than hating gamers.

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WashYourHands
01/30/21 1:44:23 PM
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God_Of_Entirety posted...
Oh my fucking god...

I really might have to be a lbgt ambassador, just to show that every straight guy isn't an idiot.
You havent explained once why you think its not a preference, only poked fun and ridiculed anyone that disagrees and assumed all of them were a straight guy. Some ambassador for lbgt you are.

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pfh1001
01/30/21 1:44:54 PM
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Crono99 posted...
I don't get this argument.

So, sexual orientation isn't a choice. But what would it matter if it was? I don't understand why it's such an important distinction whether it's a choice or not.

Like, it's literally none of anyone's business who someone is attracted to. It seems like some people think that if it was a choice, then all of a sudden it would become other people's business and it would be okay to discriminate? I don't get it.


As a mod, I would hope you'd be able to tell when trolls are shit posting on CE... which is pretty much always.
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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:45:06 PM
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this has really been a litmus test of this board if anything. just wow

"who cares" = "I don't care to discuss this"

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Drrobotniks
01/30/21 1:45:10 PM
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WashYourHands posted...
You havent explained once why you think its not a preference, only poked fun and ridiculed anyone that disagrees and assumed all of them were a straight guy. Some ambassador for lbgt you are.
TC is trolling, i noticed he ignored 2 good points in this topic

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hockeybub89
01/30/21 1:55:04 PM
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Crono99 posted...
I still have a hard time understanding how something being a choice makes it any more of other people's business.

I think a huge problem in society is that so many people have their noses in other people's business.

If you say that sexual orientation not being a choice is the reason why people shouldn't discriminate, it just seems to me you're creating some kind of a high bar in which everyone would have the burden to prove that an important part of their identity is not a choice to justify not being discriminated against.

No?
The difference is one thing is the truth and the other isn't.

You don't choose to be gay. You can't help it, so it's pretty maddening and insulting to tell someone you respect their preference.

Respecting personal choices is a good thing, but some things are literally not a choice. Choices can be wrong.

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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 1:55:20 PM
#44:


how about this.

you stop saying that someone being gay is a "preference"

the end.

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Tenlaar
01/30/21 1:56:16 PM
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Crono99 posted...
I still have a hard time understanding how something being a choice makes it any more of other people's business.

I think a huge problem in society is that so many people have their noses in other people's business.

If you say that sexual orientation not being a choice is the reason why people shouldn't discriminate, it just seems to me you're creating some kind of a high bar in which everyone would have the burden to prove that an important part of their identity is not a choice to justify not being discriminated against.

No?
Why am I not surprised to see the moderator who jumped into a blatantly transphobic thread with edited pictures of the target of said thread showing up against to display a shocking inability to understand the concept that discriminating against people for inborn traits is wrong whereas "discriminating" against people for their choices and actions is not.
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UnfairRepresent
01/30/21 1:57:35 PM
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This feels like semantics to me

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Solid Snake07
01/30/21 1:58:58 PM
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Preference doesn't insinuate choice guy

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hockeybub89
01/30/21 2:00:25 PM
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Solid Snake07 posted...
Preference doesn't insinuate choice guy
So you have a preference for whiteness?

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God_Of_Entirety
01/30/21 2:00:50 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
This feels like semantics to me
Coming from Mr. Clickbait Misleading Topic Titles himself.

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MedeaLysistrata
01/30/21 2:06:23 PM
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TC, stop fucking posting

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