You're not getting it, Peter. I'm suggesting that perhaps the folks in "flyover country", like the rest of us, are, for the most part, focused on things that are a little more important to their lives and to the nation generally than what one character in an obscure comic book does in his spare time. If you honestly believe that people in "flyover country" get mad and vote Republican every time they see or hear about a gay character in popular entertainment, then you have a pretty low opinion of their intelligence.