LGBT News Twitter Hate Speech: Map Shows Areas With Most Homophobic Tweets

Discussion in 'Current Events, World News, & LGBT News' started by BradThePug, May 10, 2013.

  1. Foxface

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    I am proud to see a HUGE hole in my native Chicago

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  2. Bobbybobby99

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    My area appears disabilityphobic and homophobic, though only moderately, but very blank with racisism.
     
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    Interestings, but I wonder if the it is not rendering right in Chrome on my Mac. The high level maps, don't seem to jive with the low level maps.
     
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    I just threw up a little... I live in a ruralish area north of Dallas... and if you take a look at the map... well.... um, yeah, that's why I gagged
     
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    This map has some pretty interesting results, but to confirm evidence such as this I think they should do more than one test and take into consideration populations and specific cultures of people who live in each area.

    Also, I'm curiously wondering about all those large spots of hate tweets that aren't shown at any other place. Like how there's this large red spot in Minnesota for negatively referring to the word "dyke" and it's the only place with a large spot like that. Just have to wonder what's going on there, you know?
     
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    I've seen this before, and I'd be very interested to see what Canada looks like.
     
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    Yeah, Houston is a liberal outpost in Texas, good luck :grin: After I zoomed in, I now see that my area isn't as bad as I thought at a glance
     
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    It makes me glad to live in Britain. I'm under no delusion that we are some sort of Gayland, but, particularly where I live, no one seems to care. There's plenty of use of the word 'gay' in the negative sense, but I do that a lot too. My friend said that I was gay for doing something, so I laughed and he immediately apologised awkwardly hahaha
     
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    you know, i just realize.
    maps like these don't show homophobic places where the residences are homophobic but too dumb to use technology lol
     
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    Shit, you're right. This pretty much just shows the homophobes who have just enough intelligence to use technology.
     
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    what do you mean "just enough"
     
  12. Spurned

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    I'm not from America but I'm very glad to see it looks like next to nothing to where my (cough, currently not in contact with) friend lives as he's bisexual himself.