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In reply to the discussion: Why would a straight person chose to be anything other than straight? [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)81. I must say: I am soooooo happy! to see an intelligent civil debate about this here on DU now.
Was a time when that COULD NOT happen here.
I wonder if the changes that became DU3 had anything to do with this change in discourse here.
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Why would a straight person chose to be anything other than straight? [View all]
Quixote1818
Apr 2012
OP
I agree, I just enjoyed pointing out to this person that perhaps they are gay/bi and haven't come
Quixote1818
Apr 2012
#5
To brand those that question whether Gay is inborn or not, may make you FEEL good, but is counterpro
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#24
By making Bisexuality some kind of aberration, and solidly restraining yourself to one or the
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#41
You can still have the continuum concept and accept that we don't choose how we are.
CJCRANE
Apr 2012
#60
The "ALL sexual identity is 100% inborn" argument is TOOOO close to so-called "Natural Law"
patrice
Apr 2012
#78
I agree! It just came to me this am because it occurred to me that I have zero attraction to other
Quixote1818
Apr 2012
#18
Plus, if you date someone with the same body type and size, you double your wardrobe.
Arkana
Apr 2012
#33
We have a choice to treat those who love us with dignity, compassion, honesty and loyalty -
hedgehog
Apr 2012
#10
An organic choice is, that you didnt get a worksheet, or multiple choice test.
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#22
Why? Do we need to end fodder to freaks like Bachmann and her homophobe husband?
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#29
I am ambidextrous, by practice, not heredity. There are likely related changes to my brain.
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#57
I think you're confusing forcing a thing, and merely observing the reality of a thing.
LanternWaste
Apr 2012
#58
You can almost see the "light bulb" go on over their heads when they are asked.....
Fla Dem
Apr 2012
#68
I still ask, other than the fear of freaks like Bachmann and her hubby, what is to be gained by SHUT
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#37
If sucking toes was a choice, would Dickwad Morris choose it? And have to TOE Hannity's line?
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#32
It's about biology. Individual biologies vary. About that variation: One of the major tools
patrice
Apr 2012
#44
Yes! And BECAUSE that is possible, so is the converse. SOME, i.e. not all, who are bisexual
patrice
Apr 2012
#63
What you are blaming on caucasians, is in large part, the result of choosing a horse in the race.
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#69
That kind of static zero-sum thinking has cost us so profoundly EVER so much more than we will
patrice
Apr 2012
#71
What you say is the sense in which the statement "Freedom isn't free" IS true. It takes utter
patrice
Apr 2012
#83
Unlike LGBT, there is less utility in deeming you as choosing or inheriting.
WingDinger
Apr 2012
#70
It is possible to wonder that about those who are trying to tell us that ALL sexual identity is 100%
patrice
Apr 2012
#87
He, he . . . I kind of thought that post didn't seem all that characteristic of you ...
patrice
Apr 2012
#89
BTW, neither do I. And some of us can be psychologically vulnerable to members of the same sex
patrice
Apr 2012
#94
Even bisexuality is not a choice, though it is commonly and mistakenly thought to be.
Behind the Aegis
Apr 2012
#79
Nature/biology does not exist/develop in a vacuum. The context in which it evolves is physical &
patrice
Apr 2012
#84
I must say: I am soooooo happy! to see an intelligent civil debate about this here on DU now.
patrice
Apr 2012
#81
"... only way ..."??? Or a person could just choose, more or less authentically, to not act on
patrice
Apr 2012
#93