Matt Walsh Explores The Bisexual vs Pansexual War
Using the power of Tik Tok I will finally learn the difference between bisexual and pansexual (maybe). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Using the power of Tik Tok I will finally learn the difference between bisexual and pansexual (maybe). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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| So, as you know, LGBT people are very oppressed. | |
| So incredibly oppressed and persecuted in this country. | |
| But at the same time, the LGBT acronym keeps expanding because people are so desperate to invent some new LGBT identities so they can be a part of the club, so they can be involved as well, or to bolster their resume within the club. | |
| They'll make up new identities to be a part of it. | |
| See, I've never heard of an oppressed group That functions exactly like that. | |
| Can you think of any historical example of a group that's persecuted and meanwhile people who aren't in the persecuted group are actually pretending to be in it just to get themselves a dose of that sweet persecution? | |
| Help! | |
| Help! | |
| I'm being repressed! | |
| I can't think of any example of that historically. | |
| So this is unprecedented. | |
| Possible explanation is that LGBT people aren't persecuted at all, so I'll let you determine. | |
| What? | |
| No! | |
| Anyway, as part of this expansion, we now have something called... | |
| Pansexuality. | |
| And pansexuality is a really sought-after identity these days. | |
| It's one of the newest things. | |
| Hot off the presses. | |
| People are really into it. | |
| Celebrities are coming out as pansexual. | |
| Left and right, everyone is pansexual all of a sudden. | |
| So that raises a question, which is, what the hell is a pansexual? | |
| What the hell are you? | |
| Well, a pansexual, as far as I understand it, is someone who's attracted to either sex. | |
| But isn't that the same as a bisexual? | |
| Well, you might think so, but apparently not. | |
| We're told these are two different things. | |
| How are they different? | |
| What's the distinction? | |
| Well, to answer that question, I think we have to go back to consult the wise sages of TikTok, who are experts on many things, but especially on all sexual matters. | |
| And we've got a few videos here kind of explaining what pansexuality is and how it's different from bisexuality. | |
| And I thought this was just a good learning opportunity for all of us. | |
| So let's start watching the videos. | |
| Bisexuality is the ability to feel emotionally, physically, or even sexually attracted to more than one gender. | |
| This can be two, four, six, eight, or even all of them. | |
| This can be with or without a preference. | |
| Pansexuality is the ability to feel attraction regardless of someone's gender or sex or gender expression. | |
| Also explained as the ability to feel attraction to all genders without a preference. | |
| Look, I made you a chart! | |
| What? | |
| Okay, so they're literally just the same thing. | |
| Am I having a seizure or something? | |
| Or didn't she just repeat herself? | |
| It's exactly the same thing. | |
| Sorry, wait, no, no, no, no. | |
| Bi is the ability to be attracted to anyone of any gender. | |
| And Pan is the ability to be attracted to anyone regardless of gender. | |
| I think that's the distinction she made. | |
| You see it? | |
| You see the distinction? | |
| Me neither. | |
| I don't see it either. | |
| Because there isn't one. | |
| You know, it's just two words for the same thing. | |
| And there's a lot of that in the LGBTQXYZ acronym. | |
| A lot of the same thing repeating over and over again. | |
| Same for the 192 genders. | |
| It's just sort of like the same thing over and over again. | |
| Because in reality, there are only two. | |
| But, um, I don't know. | |
| Maybe she just did a bad job of explaining it. | |
| So let's, uh, let's, let's watch another one. | |
| Being sexual and being bisexual is the same thing. | |
| You just got to get over these years of, you know, intercourse. | |
| I gotta get over my years of internalized biphobia? | |
| Bitch, I was bi for literally three years until I realized that I'm pan. | |
| If you don't know, this video is directed at me, so hey bae, thanks for the even more clout than I already had. | |
| Also, the likes to comment ratio already? | |
| Mwah, amazing. | |
| Let me explain bisexuality and pansexuality to you because you obviously need a lesson. | |
| Bisexuality versus pansexuality for dummies, here we go. | |
| Bisexuality. | |
| Oh, I think that girl's attractive. | |
| Oh, I think that guy's attractive. | |
| Oh, I think that non-binary person's attractive. | |
| Pansexuality. | |
| Oh, I think that person's attractive. | |
| Oh, they're a girl? | |
| Okay. | |
| Oh, I think that person's attractive. | |
| Oh, they're non-binary? | |
| Okay. | |
| Oh, I think that person's attractive. | |
| Oh, they're a guy? | |
| Okay. | |
| Do you get it? | |
| Bisexuality. | |
| Attraction to more than one gender. | |
| Pansexuality. | |
| Attraction to anyone, regardless of gender. | |
| It's mainly feelings-based and personality-based. | |
| Thanks for the panphobia! | |
| Thank you! | |
| First of all, what is it on TikTok with the cackling they're always doing? | |
| These girls on TikTok, I don't wanna make any assumptions, but these girls on TikTok, they're always cackling. | |
| I'm not sure what that is exactly. | |
| And why do they always edit the video so that it cuts out the last word they said before the end? | |
| But anyway, panphobia, she says. | |
| Yes, we have panphobia now. | |
| There are people out there who have a phobia of pansexuals, apparently. | |
| I mean sure, I run into this thing all the time. | |
| Haven't we all seen people running through the streets? | |
| Oh no, the pansexuals are coming! | |
| It's a pansexual! | |
| On second thought, I haven't run into that at all because nobody can have a phobia of pansexuals because that's a made up thing. | |
| Being afraid of a pansexual is like being afraid of Peter Pan. | |
| It's an imaginary thing. | |
| But let's keep going here. | |
| Maybe we can find a video that makes sense of all of this. | |
| And I'm already just looking at the image here, and I feel like this is a person who can illuminate and enlighten us all. | |
| Let's watch. | |
| Guess what, f***ers? | |
| My patience has run out. | |
| Pansexuality is not inherently biphobic. | |
| They are both valid sexualities. | |
| Both of them. | |
| And while yes, I have seen pansexual people use that label for questionable reasons, they pretty quickly get it once you explain things to them. | |
| They do. | |
| And not only that, but do you know who likes to use specific or micro labels? | |
| Neurodivergent people! | |
| Sometimes we just have to do whatever we can to feel safe and comfortable. | |
| And using a more specific label can be our outlet for that. | |
| If you took all that energy you spend calling people biphobic and saying they're performing bi erasure and just educated them, there would be less biphobia. | |
| There would be less bi erasure. | |
| Because you've explained it and people will know the difference. | |
| I've f***ing had it with you guys. | |
| Jesus f***. | |
| That was a, uh, safety pin. | |
| In his, hers, that individual's face. | |
| Right? | |
| That was a safety pin? | |
| That's what I thought. | |
| Anyway, uh, pansexuality is not inherently biphobic. | |
| Did you hear that? | |
| Pansexuality is not inherently biphobic. | |
| And this settles the age old debate. | |
| I think it was, uh, it was in fact, uh, Aristotle who was the first to postulate that pansexuality is not inherently biphobic. | |
| So I'm glad that we've established that. | |
| He also says that we need to, or rather, uh, the, the individual, I honestly really have no idea, but, This person says that we need to fight bi-erasers. | |
| I'm not sure what a bi-eraser is. | |
| It might be the kind that erases both pencil and pen. | |
| I'm not sure. | |
| Somehow I'm just feeling more confused the more that we watch. | |
| Let's try one more to see if maybe this will finally make everything make sense for us. | |
| What's the difference between omnisexual and pansexual? | |
| Omnisexual people like all genders, while pansexual people like people based on their personality. | |
| So yes, they both like all genders. | |
| But, gender is more relevant to omnisexual people than pansexual people. | |
| Most of the time, pansexual people are blind to gender, while most of the time, omnisexual people are not blind to it. | |
| Comment any genders or sexualities you want me to explain and compare. | |
| Like for part 5! | |
| So now we got... Now we have omnisexual 2. | |
| So we got bisexual, pansexual, omnisexual, all to describe people who are attracted to either gender, or regardless of gender, or inclusive of gender, or in spite of gender, or whatever. | |
| This cannot possibly get more redundant, or arbitrary, or absurd. | |
| Yeah, you're a woman. | |
| In other words, you want to have a strong bond with someone in order to be attracted to them. | |
| bond it's not an option get to know me I'm demisexual yeah you're a woman in other words so you you want to have | |
| a strong bond with someone in order to be attracted to them so it's just like | |
| every woman that has ever existed you just call yourself that | |
| That's fine, too. | |
| So, okay. | |
| You know, I said I'm more confused the more that we watch these, but I'm actually not. | |
| I'm being facetious. | |
| I know exactly what's going on here. | |
| It's not confusing at all. | |
| People have defined their identity and meaning and purpose and entire personality and their existence by these sexual labels, and this is what happens when you do that. | |
| I mean, the ironic thing is that, you know, they're trying to escape labels. | |
| Escape what they call a rigid binary. | |
| And they can't escape it because the binary is natural. | |
| It's biological. | |
| But what they found in their flight from labels is a whole bunch of additional labels. | |
| So now they're more labeled than they've ever been. | |
| And they're arguing with each other over the finest little distinctions. | |
| And I guess they take comfort in that. | |
| Because it is easier to adopt a label than it is to develop a personality and find actual meaning in your life. | |
| Also, as we've seen in some of these videos, having a label like this gives you an excuse to dress like a character from a Tim Burton movie. |