• couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 months ago

      Whether it’s 0.5 or 1.6 percent it’s still literally the tail end of the bell curve. You’re talking about falling within the third standard deviation of a normally distributed bell curve… you just strengthened his point with this statistic.

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      10 months ago

      You call 1 % not the tail end of a bell curve? That is like an IQ of >140, which also applies to 1 %.

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      10 months ago

      It’s not a claim to not existing, never, ever that.

      My point is MAGA wielded a cruel, focused campaign and it was effective because so many people don’t know a single trans, personally. You can adore ContraPoints but if you don’t know her personally, the impact on your daily resonance here will be marginal at best. I speak to middle of the bell curve here, ofc there are people sitting on the tails of that same bell curve.

      The truth is, MAGA tried regarding gay marriage and it did not stick. The number of people with a gay friend or relative is much, much higher. They didn’t run with those attack ads because it didn’t stick.

      Don’t forget the community factor with social circles. Once you’re friends with a community-reliant individual, you’ll meet more.