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QueerDuck

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4. Just a guess: Those who recognize the same feelings in themselves but choose to deny it and...
Thu Jun 18, 2026, 04:54 PM
13 hrs ago

...try to prove it to others (and themselves) by demonizing and attacking others who represent and who have what they wish they were strong enough to have for themselves? Or something.

The obsession with policing consenting adults is usually just a noisy, desperate attempt to drown out the voice in their own head. They are not fighting a culture war; they are fighting a losing battle against their own denial.

It is honestly impressive how much effort they put into 'saving' everyone else from a lifestyle they seem to spend an awful lot of time thinking about. You really have to wonder: why is their own sex life so boring that they have to live vicariously through ours?

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8 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Now do trans kids' books! TommyT139 13 hrs ago #1
Absolutely brilliant kxs 12 hrs ago #8
Recommend! sheshe2 13 hrs ago #2
Who cares what other consenting adults do? multigraincracker 13 hrs ago #3
Just a guess: Those who recognize the same feelings in themselves but choose to deny it and... QueerDuck 13 hrs ago #4
Yup dave99 13 hrs ago #5
Bingo. multigraincracker 12 hrs ago #9
That's definitely true for some people. ShazzieB 10 hrs ago #14
And they have funded "studies" to justify that theory. TommyT139 10 hrs ago #15
Only the Bedroom Busybodies. calimary 12 hrs ago #10
I honestly don't care what consenting adults do Skittles 11 hrs ago #12
I've had the same response to those types of people for some time now. chowmama 8 hrs ago #16
I just hope to God GAJMac 12 hrs ago #6
Kick. N/T Upthevibe 12 hrs ago #7
One more thing: If you don't like gays, blame the straight people. They're the ones making them. OMGWTF 12 hrs ago #11
ding. this AllaN01Bear 10 hrs ago #13
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