my opinion, whether you call it queerbaiting or con artistry or whatever, there are those within humanity that are going to find ways to manipulate and exploit others. to me it doesn't matter what door they use, it's all the same thing. it doesn't matter if it's religious heads saying "give me money and god will reward you with a better life," or t*rump manipulating ignorant people into thinking he gives a shit about them and is fighting for them, or someone taking advantage of an elderly person's kindness or miss cleo falsely leading millions of people into thinking she's a true psychic; it's all the same thing. they find an angle, a way to get in and then they use that for their personal gain.
and i know it's controversial nowadays to say "this is a human issue and not just an "X Group" issue, but that's simply how i see it. i've never personally been "queerbaited" by straight men, but i've been lied to, deceived by and mislead by other gay men. and i don't blame "gay men" for that or specifically hold that type of behavior against gay men.
but i understand that our human nature is, by default, to generalize and stereotype and condense those into a specific group of people. so if, from your perspective, straight guys are specifically targeting gay men because you feel they have the ability to easily do so, then so be it. but i don't see it like that. i see it as, they're people who are going to use whatever path is easiest for them to manipulate other people because they are assholes.
