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(45,319 posts)action, leaving Ron and Nancy Reagan as the only people with courage to talk about AIDS. DeBlasio said nothing about that. She smeared his own city by erasing one of the great political events in NYC history. By crediting to Ron and Nancy that which was done by LGBT NYers, hundreds of whom were arrested by the City of New York for daring to break Reagan's silence. The Office of the Mayor of New York City was culpable for many wrongs back then.
It is the selective nature of his criticism that makes him seem so very biased and partisan. Why was he comfortable with all those lies about Reagan and AIDS and about denying the activist history? Why? Because he's a playing pure politics, lacking in ethics or consistency. She says horrific things and he cheers for them.
I will remember that his silence reflected the Great Silence of Ronald Reagan.