It's no use arguing with people when they're this far gone. Especially because, as others have said, their opinions seem to be driven by thinly veiled homophobia. Best to just block and move on.
I started on Mint several years ago, and have since settled on Debian for my daily driver, though I'm considering trying other distros like Manjaro or Void for fun. I still use Mint for games (Steam + Proton). Haven't booted Windows for home use in quite some time and I plan to keep it that way.
Whoops, fixed!