50 years after Stonewall we are now fighting bisexual people as well as heterosexuals for our right to same-sex attraction

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[–]haveanicedaytoo💗💜💙 54 insightful - 1 fun54 insightful - 0 fun55 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

There is no "now" about it. Confused bisexuals who think they are straight or L/G have been doing this shit since the beginning of time and it's ironic because most of them refuse to be called bisexual. They insist they are straight or L/G and that they chose to be. They think EVERYONE is capable of being attracted to both male and female just like they are and that most people choose to be straight because that's what society teaches them is normal from a very young age, and some weirdos for whatever reason choose to be exclusively homo, who the fuck knows why, but everyone is capable of switching it up whenever they feel like it.

It's the most annoying thing ever, and most of these clowns will fight you to the death if you try to explain it to them that no, most humans are monosexual and they can't just decide to like the other sex. The ability to prefer one over the other, the ability to just focus on one and ignore your attraction to the other, the ability to completely deny to yourself that you are attracted to the other, or convince yourself 'everyone feel like this'... that's still bisexual. It's bisexual delusion.

If you try to call these people bisexual, they'll cry "don't you dare label me!!!!"

[–]reluctant_commenter 28 insightful - 1 fun28 insightful - 0 fun29 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's really interesting to hear you describe it that way-- like, it must be such an interesting perspective to be able to feel the same way about men and women in terms of attraction. People often fall prey to the assumption that "Everyone else experiences the world the same way I do!" so I get why someone could make that mistake easily, but it's still really frustrating to try to get through to someone who refuses to consider that other people might literally have a different experience of the world.

[–]haveanicedaytoo💗💜💙 21 insightful - 1 fun21 insightful - 0 fun22 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's extra hard because (especially in this generation it all loops back into IDENTITY) they are personally invested in their worldview being true. If I found out tomorrow that being bisexual was caused by eating bananas as a baby and that I wasn't really born that way, my brain would probably explode. So you can't just provide these people with facts and step back and let them process. They will reject the facts because they need to protect their worldview at all costs. (I have no idea what the solution is beyond intense therapy and providing them a safe space where their sense of identity isn't threatened.)

[–]PriestTheyCalledHimBisexual 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Which generation? Boomers, Gen X/Xennial, Millennial, Gen Z, or whatever is after Gen Z?