You Know What's Ironic About The AIDS Crisis From 35 Years Ago?

[TrollBuster9090]

It's ironic that the same crowd who is now insisting that it's their RIGHT to not wear a mask, and go around infecting other people with COVID-19, was going around in 1985 insisting that anybody who tested positive for AIDS should be locked up in a leper colony, to prevent them from spreading their disease. And the real irony is that AIDS is communicable but not contagious, while COVID-19 is both communicable AND contagious.

Let's face it. The 'culture wars' is not between liberals and conservatives. It's between people who HAVE principles, and tribalist hypocrites who only CLAIM to have principles.

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1. they are tribalists who use the concept of principles as wedge issues to keep us divided.

in their point of view, ethics and morality and principles are nothing but handicaps.

they think they are enlightened by not having any other than defense of their tribe.

they think democrats are weak by allowing themselves to be held back by principles.

this is why they defend child molesters while they laugh at us for kicking out someone who can't account for where his hand is during some photo-ops.


the only principle they have is a highly misplaced loyalty.

[Proud liberal 80]

4. OMG

I was thinking for the right term for them and yes, they are tribalist....and that is why their “values” are to contradictory.

Pro law and order when it’s police vs black people, but when it’s them they are against tyranny.

Pro life until the baby is born and happens to be black....then they are against every program that would help that black kid have a good life

And those are just two examples, I can go on and on with their contradictions and tribalism

[Initech]

2. I think it's more about intelligence vs. stupidity.

Like you can almost always tell who the smart people are based on their reaction to a crisis or thing. And you can always tell who watches Fox based on their reactions too.

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5. it's a special kind of stupid.

i know people who couldn't remotely be called smart, but who would never hate or fall for foxnews garbage.

it's not just stupid. it's easily led as well.

[uponit7771]

16. +1, I know people who're not educated but cerebral with what they do have. Then there's people who

... have great education and more degrees than a thermometer that are empty vessels when it comes to cultural issues and get filled with the dumbest crap possible.

[BadgerMom]

18. They're usually more self-righteous than humane.

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21. yup, whatever humanity they have is reserved for those inside their tight, closed circle.

some of them are selfish through and through. but if you're inside their circle of friends and family and skin color and whatever, some of these people are actually quite generous and kind and will do anything for someone else inside their circle.

but if you're outside their circle, you're vermin or worse, and they're often just itching for an excuse to use those beloved "second amendment rights".

[underpants]

6. This is setting Star Trek at least 20 or 25 years

[Initech]

8. Huh?

[underpants]

13. That's the goal

Getting to where they are in Star Trek. At least I thought that was the goal.

[babydollhead]

3. human beings.

the difference I see, is the rational versus the rationalizing

[I_UndergroundPanther]

7. Normal people

Vs dark triad personality assholes. That's where the divide is.

[Midnight Writer]

9. Agreed. The political parties are now divided by personality types.

I would bet every dark triad personality is Republican.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

14. Yep republican.

[StevieM]

10. Mike Huckabee was one of those people.

He was an imbecile then, he is an imbecile now.

[MustLoveBeagles]

11. I know that some of them were calling for tattoos on the asses of gay men or some such nonsense

[Drunken Irishman]

12. If Lyndon LaRouche was still alive, no question he'd be screaming about masks.

God he was an awful piece of vile, runny shit.

[uponit7771]

15. "...and tribalist hypocrites who only CLAIM to have principles" 👈🏾👈🏾👈🏾 This !!!

[warmfeet]

17. That was very well said.

Excellent post.

[bucolic_frolic]

20. You've hit a gold mine. Keep refining for bumper sticker brevity.

And by the way, from their actions and words, they always were authoritarians.

[LisaL]

22. HIV is certainly contagoius.

It's not airborne, but it's contagious.
Contagious means can spread from one person to another. Which it certainly does.

[Shoonra]

23. Another ironic fact ...

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... Just as the Reagan Administration attempted to sweep the AIDS epidemic under the carpet for most of Reagan's first term, the Trump Administration attempted to ignore the Coronavirus until it became too enormous to ignore.

The Reagan Admin also promised an AIDS vaccine "within four years" -- it still hasn't materialized after 35 years, and the Trump Admin is talking about a Covid vaccine being available by January - it is within the realm of possibility that an effective vaccine will not appear for years or maybe never.

[crickets]

24. K&R for the post and the discussion.

[BigDemVoter]

25. Yeah, I remember.

And I remember all too well the finger pointing that went on about one's 'behavior" causing AIDS and how George H.W. Bush talked about the "innocent victims" (i.e. the ones who didn't catch it from sex). . . Goddamn, I fucking hate repigs.

[central scrutinizer]

26. Blaming the victims for their plight

Dying from AIDS? It’s your lifestyle. Not my problem.
Dying from Covid-19? You were going to die soon anyway. Too old, sick, diabetic? Not my problem.

[ck4829]

27. If covid was a "gay disease" (Whatever that means to you), you can bet your bottom dollar...

that certain people would be responding to it very differently.

[zentrum]

28. Good distinction.

[dalton99a]

29. Kick