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> There's no need for the SJW act. It's not an act. It's not fake. An entire generation of people like me were wiped out and the attitudes displayed in the co
by drewbug01 6y ago
> There's no need for the SJW act.
It's not an act. It's not fake. An entire generation of people like me were wiped out and the attitudes displayed in the comments I'm replying to are the reasons why - homophobia.
And it is 100% homophobic to imply that gay men are reckless and risking their life, and that they're having sex orgies, or sleeping around constantly. <- All things in the comments I've replied to (not yours, of course).
And as I've said in other threads - no one is questioning that gay men are the majority of cases in the US. But that's not what I'm arguing about. It's everything else that gets said alongside that statistic - as though the one true statistic gives the rest a pass.
So it's not an act, and I don't really feel like stopping. I don't want to let harmful, homophobic statements go unchallenged here.
> Everything said in the previous comments was reported in the press of the day
As a parting note, consider that the press reporting homophobic garbage had an impact on public opinion, and ultimately contributed to the crisis. Just because it was reported does not mean it was true, nor helpful, nor good.