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"U.S. adults estimate that nearly one in four Americans (23.6%) are gay or lesbian." (2019, averaged) (news.gallup.com)
posted 4 years ago by SupremeReader 4 years ago by SupremeReader +26 / -0
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– Dual_Fire 3 points 4 years ago +3 / -0

... you know being gay it's not a big deal right? It's not like gay people have a third head or something. In the absolute majority of cases you can't even tell if you are talking to a gay guy unless he tells you he is gay, and why would he? Who even cares?

Still, studies like this are waaaay waaaaaaaaaay off the mark. I would be surprised if it's 1/10 people.

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– DNA1 13 points 4 years ago +13 / -0

Gallup poll had it at 4.5%, and those are hardly the model of accuracy nor neutrality.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was more like 1%. Used to think it was 10% when I was younger -- that's how you know The Agenda is working.

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– SupremeReader [S] 4 points 4 years ago +4 / -0

It's 5.9% already just 2 years later.

Was 3.3% in 2014.

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– 5Cats 9 points 4 years ago +9 / -0

Sex studies back in the 50's and 60's kept showing that homosexuals were well under 5% of the population (that includes Bi- who are a really small %).
When asked about this? One (Probably one of the Hites) waved it off as "only half of them are brave enough to tell the truth" and suddenly "10% are gay" was the belief.

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– SupremeReader [S] 4 points 4 years ago +4 / -0

Sex studies back in the 50's and 60's kept showing that homosexuals were well under 5% of the population

It was so even during what mass media named "the Gamergate Era" in America.

5% (5.9% already) was crossed only in the latest poll.

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– Dual_Fire 3 points 4 years ago +3 / -0

As always, that sort of claims "some of them lied" is just lazy. Like obviously there is a margin of error, I doubt it's double tough.

This reminds me of that silly article that claimed Michele Obama was constantly subjected to racial slurs while she was in the Whitehouse lol. There is of course NO evidence of this, but it "might have happened", "it sounds plausible"

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– 5Cats 1 point 4 years ago +1 / -0

iirc Michelle could recall a single 'racist episode' in her lifetime. Just one, and it was a ???? huh moment.

There's no reason to fear exposure from a double-blind, lawful study. Of course if you think it isn't? Then don't participate. But Hite and Kinsey and the rest were VERY openly homo-friendly, subject to strict scrutiny too.

So I agree: the "10%" came from the same place as "6 feet apart" it was fabricated from fantasy.

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– SR388-SAX 7 points 4 years ago +7 / -0

... you know being gay it's not a big deal right?

Who said that it was? Are you arguing against a nonexistent point just to make yourself feel better?

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– BandageBandolier 6 points 4 years ago +6 / -0

Literally a post about how propaganda has wildly distorted American perceptions of sexuality and encouraged gay overestimation as a virtue signal:

The three-head move: "yo, are you being homophobic bro?"

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– Dual_Fire 1 point 4 years ago +1 / -0

I was making fun of the article...? And your comment is a tad too defensive, Like dude chill, it's Friday.

Also my point is there are FAR less gay people than what article claims.

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– BigDaddyDangler 2 points 4 years ago +2 / -0

In the absolute majority of cases you can't even tell if you are talking to a gay guy unless he tells you he is gay, and why would he?

They're more obvious than the fedposters on here.

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– deleted 2 points 4 years ago +2 / -0

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