These are the most hate-filled places in America, according to their tweets
Housing site Abodo has put together a study analyzing tweets to figure out the most- and least-hate-filled places in the country. Between June 2014 to December 2015, they geolocated 154 keywords among 12 million tweets. The keywords included slurs and other prejudiced language against black people, Hispanic/Latino people, women, gays and lesbians, transgender people, people with disabilities, and the overweight.
Here are the results for most hate-filled states:
- Bernie Sanders and Some Democrats Get Ready to Lick Elon’s Boots and Practice the Politics of the Past
- NBC Seems to Suggest a Children's Video Game is to Blame for UnitedHealthcare CEO's Killing
- Nancy Mace Is an Irredeemable Garbage Person Who Loves Bullying Vulnerable People and Yet the Media Still Believes Her
And the overall least hate-filled states:
They then looked at hate-filled cities. Here are the ones with the highest use of anti-black terms, including the N-word.
Anti-Hispanic cities:
Anti-women cities:
Anti-gay cities:
And finally, anti-transgender cities:
To see which keywords they searched for, click here.
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