Most noteworthy for me is the fact that more Americans think that porn (52%) and homosexuality (39%) are wrong than spanking children (23%) and being ultra wealthy (18%).

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https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/03/19/what-do-americans-consider-immoral/

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[+] 145 points 6 months ago (16 children)
  • [–] 102 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I can guarantee you the people who voted these things as being "morally wrong" only believe it's wrong if someone else is doing it

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  • [+] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)
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    Actually, it's the other way around. Gayness (the sexuality) doesn't cause homophobia. Being homophobic causes you to have a fetish for gay stuff. These homophobic politicians being caught on grindr aren't actually gay, they weren't born gay. The fact that they see sex with men as wrong caused them to want it. They're in it for the taboo.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    We surveyed 3,605 U.S. adults from March 24 to 30, 2025. Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP). This report also includes findings from a separate ATP survey of 8,937 U.S. adults conducted from May 5 to 11, 2025.

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  • [+] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)
  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    I personally know at least one family who is a Nielsen household. You’re asked to keep your participation confidential which is probably why you don’t know anyone doing it.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I did 3 years of Nielsen surveys before I moved last. I didn't recall secrecy being pushed that hard.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Can I talk about being in a Nielsen panel or survey?

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    No. Once you begin participating, we ask that you do not share that you’re part of Nielsen research. We ask that you do not discuss your role with people outside of your household, including on social media websites, such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. This helps keep our research as independent as possible.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    My family was a Nielsen family for a while back in the 1990s. Our parents basically only let us watch Sesame Street and a few other PBS shows. One of my friends was sort of alarmed, almost offended by this situation, like of all the people Nielsen should be seeking data from, how could it be us?

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    I'm from a MAGA cult fake hypocrite 'Christian' family like this.

    That I've had to ghost to the point they likely think I am dead, to finally stop their abuse and escape their dysfunction.

    Been trying to explain the level of moral depravity of the average American for around 25 years now... most people acted like I was being hysterical, untill very recently, when we elected basically the AntiChrist, certainly a insurrectionist rapist corrupt traitor conman, twice.

    Beyond 1/3 of the country openly and obviously being duplicitious anti-democracy theocrat bigots... almost everyone else just acted like that was fine, at every level of society, interpersonal to institutional, for my entire life.

    We, as Americans, deserve this.

    Everyone else does not.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Unfortunately, it's a pretty solid methodology (speaking from experience). That said, you must understand that the average person is religious and poorly educated.

    Actually quite a few of these "morals" aren't even uniquely American, except for maybe the billionaire one. You'll probably find an interesting mix of bad takes in most countries, even in well educated European countries. There are 8 billion people on this planet and a ton of them are just terrible.

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    I'm thinking of South American, African, Middle East and some South/South East/Central Asian countries, which is a mix of poverty and/or religious factors (for quite a variety of factors). There are countries where pornography, homosexuality, gambling, etc, are just illegal on religious morality grounds. And don't get me started on la chancla!

    As for Europe, I'm curious. I think it'd be better, on average, but a lot of the same moral roots exist there so who knows. Although I bet Finland is swell; they somehow keep being labeled the happiest county and these things are correlated, lol.

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