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Baby, we were born this way (startrek.website)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

It being written poorly changes the sentiment. What you intend is one thing. What everyone sees is something else. What everyone saw was you saying "You're not born this way, the homophobes are kind of right right." That's why I, and others, are so frustrated at the way you're acting here. You keep doubling down on the science aspect, which is fine, but you're outright contradicting yourself. You started this by saying "The science doesn't prove that" and then go with "Well the science proves it but..."

As for why I'm so frustrated by your behavior, it's because you are being insanely inconsistent. To me you're now saying "Ah yes, I worded it poorly". Yet a few minutes ago you said "I also NEVER even implied it is a choice to begin with" and refused to agree with @[email protected] on the simple point that your comment implied you were saying that it was a choice to be gay. The very thing that homophobes keep smacking us with.

Moreover, the science is absolutely irrelevant. Those studies (which I just looked through) don't even agree with you.

The first study you linked?

These findings are interpreted as supporting the argument for a biological basis in sexual orientation.

A questionnaire. So no genetic studies or tests. A survey. One that just happens to not agree with you.

The second study?

The results of these analyses should be interpreted in the context of low statistical power and the use of a single item to assess the complex phenotype of sexual orientation.

In other words, it is saying "This study should be taken with a grain of salt because our study pool was low and we only used a single item to summarize sexual orientation."

You don't know what you're talking about and keep backpedaling when people point that out. You do not have a study that backs you up because the studies themselves either disagree or openly admit that they're weak studies. You are pushing a dangerous narrative that aligns with that of homophobes and trying to claim that you're not part of that. Your claims are unfounded, your comments unappreciated, your behavior unacceptable.

You do not come into a gay community and state "You were not born this way because of studies I do not understand" and then try to act like you're just being misunderstood.