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I had no idea that he died of AIDS and that was in the 90s. It's terrifying how recent it was that he would have received public backlash for contracting a dis
by djaque 6y ago
I had no idea that he died of AIDS and that was in the 90s. It's terrifying how recent it was that he would have received public backlash for contracting a disease during a surgery.
- neltnerb 6y agoTo be fair, 1990 is 30 years ago. I remember how much of a hero Magic Johnson was presented as being for simply publicly admitting he got it during surgery and advocating. It was brave for a multi-millionaire celebrity to admit publicly that he got it by accident. If he'd have been gay too my gosh... what scandal... Terrifying indeed.
- foldr 6y agoI feel like you're leaving homophobia out of the equation. Asimov was ashamed, and there would have been a backlash, because society associated AIDS with gay men. If people had really believed that he'd got it through surgery, there wouldn't have been a bad reaction.