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Okay, just wanted to vent a little bit, but this James Charles situation is ridiculous and I'm upset for a multitude of reasons.
People keep wanting to defend this man with the very specific counterargument that everyone makes mistakes. Valid, people make mistakes, but there is a very clear distinction between making one mistake and continuously forcing yourself on straight boys and making them uncomfortable...Grayson, Jeff, Gage, the waiter, etc...he always wants to preach that LGBTQ+ people should be respected (particularly gay people, because he himself is gay) and acknowledged and represented, but he needs to understand that STRAIGHT PEOPLE'S HETEROSEXUALITY MUST BE ACCEPTED TOO. His behaviour in thinking he can physically and emotionally manipulate curious guys into staying with him for his sole benefit is actually sickening, and the mentality to choose to ignore potential gay partners for uninterested straight men is predatory and only casts negative stereotypes among the rest of us - ESPECIALLY as someone in the public eye who became famous. It's SICKENING.
I've lived through being taken advantage of. Some of my closest friends have lived through such a hell and still suffer traumatic flashbacks from being taken advantage of. And the fact that James Charles has the AUDACITY to do that to other people - especially if they're trying to figure out their sexuality - is absolutely cruel and sociopathic. He knows exactly what he's doing, and has for a long time.
Special note. Please don't believe EVERY single allegation coming out against James, though. I know this feels like a 180° turn, but I mention this because unfounded and unproven allegations are terrible and just as cruel as what he has done. We have veritable proof from multiple sources that have directly interacted with James about shit he has done - call him out on that. Don't attack him for stuff we don't yet know, though.