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How The Internet Helped Gay America Come Out Of The Closet
CrunchGov Essential is a scannable roundup of technology’s influence on the day’s big issues. Below a feature post, we present the most thoughtful, outrageous, and inspiring stories told through the web’s best content. Sign up for the morning newsletter here. How The Internet Helped Gay America Come Out Of The Closet The U.S. has always included a sizable population of gay citizens. Without a way to coordinate theirlatent collective powers, discrimination and isolation forced them into the shadows. As the U.S. slowly inched its way toward tolerance, the Internet, as a soapbox for young liberals, became a powerful platform to expose otherwise oblivious Americans to their gay neighbors, backed by the full force of unrelenting digital activism. As social media explodes in celebration over the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, it’s important to look back at how the Internet built the momentum for this historic occasion: The liberal bias of the Internet helped dominate the discussion online and then transform previously conservative institutions with the power of their own gay members. Opposition, Erased From The Online Conversation The Internet has always been a haven for young activist liberals, especially it’s early ivory-tower adopters. Compared to the rest of the U.S., Twitter and Facebook are environments that welcome recently outed gay citizens and promote equality. To the extent that the Internet is becoming the epicenter of national dialogue, the overwhelming liberal bias tips public policy in favor of equality. To get an idea of just how liberal the Internet is, Pew found that the average sentiment of Twitter updates was 25 percent more positive about Obamas re-election than a national representative public opinion poll. On marriage equality, Twitter was decidedly more favorable (33 percent vs. 46percent) and there was virtually zero negative sentiment (44percent vs. 8percent). Twitter isn’t the only social-media friend of gay rights. A comparison of the Facebook fan counts between gay rights-related pages reveals a struggling religious right. A top Facebook page in favor of marriage equality, Gay Marriage USA, has more than three times the fans as The Family Research Council (300,000 vs. 100,000). A fan page to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) has 30 times more fans than ones dedicated to keeping DOMA intact. Engagement for Gay Marriage USA is overwhelming. A picture of a rainbow-painted house sitting conspicuously across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church has 100Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/sp6LjnG1zJc/
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