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• Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Who said they’re hiding?

  Something’s lack of representation in media is not exactly a reliable metric of commonality, if it was, gay people sprang into being in the late 90s.

  The point being made here is that gay people existed long before it was socially acceptable to be gay, and that the number of ‘out’ gay people goes up as the social acceptability goes up. This would imply that the same population percentage of people are gay, and what changes is the visibility. This is supposed to be an apology for why I don’t many children on leashes.

  Please read the thread and understand the context before replying.

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  • irmoz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I did read the thread. You asked why they’re hiding. Who said or implied they did?

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    • Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      You didn’t even read my last post.

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      • irmoz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Stop making unfounded assumptions and return to reality.

        Why did you ask why they’re “hiding” when it was never stated or implied that they’re “hiding”? Even in the “gay people” metaphor, the gay people weren’t “hiding”, they just didn’t openly display their homosexuality. Hiding would be staying at home and never leaving, in that scenario.

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