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Ask a Buddhist if suffering is a choice. They'll tell you "only if you desire it".
I mean, ask a torture victim if suffering is a choice. You'll get a different response
You might train yourself to not hold on to suffering, and not react to suffering, but the suffering still happens. It's not like monks are emotionless, unfeeling stone. They feel the suffering, acknowledge its presence, and then let it go like water off of a duck's back.
Which is all fine and good for them and their extensive training, but it'd be absurd to say that everyone has this capacity from birth.