• Formfiller@lemmy.world
    21·
    6 hours ago

    It doesn’t matter what we think the heritage foundation and the army of self loathing republican closeted gay men are going to do whatever tyrannical christofacist thing they want in the name of “small government”

    • BanMe@lemmy.world
      3·
      11 hours ago

      Hey I’m stuck here also and have made it a project to connect and unify all the queer organizations. Stay tuned but it’s time we got our shit together and several of us agree. We can be more effective. We should be more effective.

  • doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml
    5·
    13 hours ago

    Clearly we need to advance towards the great plains. Then we can encircle the enemy stronghold on the southern front

  • Tenderizer78@lemmy.mlEnglish
    24·
    20 hours ago

    I’m disappointed that it’s not 90%. Hell, it isn’t 90% in even a single state. I wonder if there are any other countries where it reaches 90% (EDIT: Looks like it in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Canada, and/or Spain. Poor showing from Slavic and MENA countries).

    • ToastedRavioli@midwest.social
      281·
      20 hours ago

      The reality in the vast majority of places is that it is probably 90%+ in the cities and <50% in the middle of nowhere. Which is why the states without actual sizeable liberal cities like Arkansas, South Dakota, Mississippi, etc are so low. States with more liberal rural areas like New England and the West are so high would also make sense in that regard

    • lmdnw@lemmy.world
      102·
      19 hours ago

      Bigotry is a byproduct of stupidity, so it’s not surprising that there will always be a percentage of people who discriminate for stupid reasons. No matter how much education and guidance you provide to people, there will always be dummies in the herd.

  • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
    211·
    20 hours ago

    I think the interesting bit is the progression over time. Seems we’ve come a long way, even in the last 20 years or so. But it’s on the decline again for a few years now and we’re headed backwards. But that feels like a general trend to me.

    I feel homosexuality should be settled by now. Gay liberation was a thing that really took off in the seventies and we have 2025 now… I don’t even know how to approach more modern questions like gender identity, as long as we have numbers like 50% with sexual preference. (Which is pretty tame in my eyes.)

    • DigitalDilemma@lemmy.mlEnglish
      13·
      12 hours ago

      Don’t think you think America is entering a very recessive time and these hard won rights are at risk of being removed?

      Removal of reproductive rights in some states for women, increased religious influence in state and national law making, and an increased uptake of racism fuelled by government anti-immigration rhetoric, fierce government-led hate against trans people and so on. It’s a grim time to be an American if you’re not white, straight and rich.

      • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
        5·
        18 hours ago

        Sure. That was contained in my “general trend” statement. It’s a shame. Though I feel I should refrain a bit from shitting on american population, or I’m going to do it all day, every day. And we have to differentiate a bit between the people, the government and tech-bros and religious bigots. I certainly hope it’s going to become better some day… preferably soon… but boy is humankind facing idiotic and repressive tendencies lately. And it’s not an just abstract concept but actual human lives are on the line.

    • lmdnw@lemmy.world
      161·
      19 hours ago

      It’s not surprising that the area with one of the highest concentrations of higher learning is also the area with the highest acceptance rate of peoples’ inherent differences. Bigotry is a byproduct of ignorance/stupidity. Intelligent people know better than to discriminate based on sexual preference, race, gender, etc.

    • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
      1·
      17 hours ago

      A lot of libertarians out here. Not big “L” members of the Libertarian party, but little “l” people who have libertarian sentiments of freedom and personal sovereignty and non-aggression principle.

      Of course there’s still a share of MAGA bigots. My neighbor is as nutty and hateful as any I’ve met in the more bigoted states per the chart.

    • WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org
      14·
      17 hours ago

      Bullshit polls. Hasn’t this one been called out before. This one or one similar to this just polled like 100 people in the entire state.

      • hactar42@lemmy.ml
        1·
        13 hours ago

        Even if the poll is suspect, I can tell you from personal experience it is much different up here. I just moved to New England from Texas and the difference is just staggering. I’m in an upper middle-class semi-rural area and there are pride flag everywhere. The church in on the main road has a sign that says, “Everyone Welcome” with rainbows on it. The city themselves gave out pride signs for people to put in their yards. These are not things you would ever see in Texas (outside of maybe Austin).

        I coach youth soccer and my last season in Texas I had a player with 2 dads. One of the league officials sent me a message before the start of the season “warning” me about that. Absolutely nothing like that here. No one bats an eye or comments on the makeup of a kid’s family.

        This is all just from my experience as a straight CIS male. I’m sure someone from the LGBTQ+ can give a better perspective.

        • WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org
          2·
          12 hours ago

          In the lower class, what used to be lower middle class. And left New England because I had the opposite experience. Oddly enough I moved to the SW and find it much more accepting.

          In New England I always found acceptance to be class based.

  • Harvey656@lemmy.world
    71·
    19 hours ago

    What the hell kind of fucked do you have to be as a state to be lower than Texas and Florida?