It's both amazing and depressing how every single time someone brings up the card of "good friends don't necessarily need to be lovers," which is an objective fact, it never comes out of a place of respect for all forms of love between boys, it comes from concealed yet deep hatred towards homosexuals, and with the unequivocal intention to destroy gay spaces.

It's absolutely transparent that the number one reason why anybody would be so vocal about something as incredibly obvious as NOT ALL BOYS ARE GAY is because they feel that being called gay would be an insult, and repeating their mantra makes them feel safer. Nobody will insult them, not even accidentally, if they make it clear 24/7 that they're not one of those disgusting homos.

Yesteryear's abusers and attackers ended up adopting the role of poor, innocent, oppressed victims somehow. They only changed their insults and threats for emotional blackmail to make you believe that you're intolerant and evil if you don't let them erase you, but at the end the intention is the same, to keep you silent, obedient, and above all, ashamed. It's so tiresome.