September 30, 2006

HIV Called "Gay Disease"

It appears that the dictionary of political correctness may have to be revised.

From SacBee.com:

One of Southern California's most influential gay institutions has launched a controversial ad campaign that describes HIV as a "gay disease."

The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's departure from 20 years of countering the idea of AIDS as a gay plague is designed to reach gay men who have grown complacent about the illness.

The message "HIV is a gay disease" and the tag line "Own It. End It" will appear on billboards and in magazines.

Controversial? I would guess it's inflammatory. Since the onset of HIV infections in the early 1980s, homosexual advocates have adamantly maintained that it's not a gay disease and all segments of society are at equal risk. Statistics, however, indicate otherwise.
In Los Angeles County, about 75 percent of HIV cases are among men who have had sex with other men. But nationwide, gay and bisexual men account for about half of recent HIV transmission, according to the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
Unfortunately, AIDS/HIV has been primarily political in nature and less of a public health issue. It needs to be handled as a public health problem.

I think it's safe to assume that at least some members of the gay community will protest the campaign.

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1 Liberals telling the truth.  Did hell just freeze over?  Denying that AIDS is a gay disease has cost the gay community perhaps tens of thousands of lives-- all for the sake of political correctness.  Liberalism kills.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at September 30, 2006 02:23 PM (8e/V4)

2 HIV will teach hemophiliacs to read Leviticus 20:13!
 
Only religion will save us from ourselves.

Posted by: Darth Vag at September 30, 2006 02:57 PM (HSkSw)

3 I don't think everyone in Africa is Gay who have HIV ARC or AIDS .and as Gay man i don't think the claim is nothing more than a advert to bring attention to the out of control spread of HIV in a certain area of a country. But once gay groups start protesting the clever advert might spread the message of safe sex in the gay community to a new generation of people who may not be as aware as older members of the gay community.if it get's the message out and saves lifes it can be nothing but good. Glen

Posted by: glen at September 30, 2006 03:33 PM (F1nba)

4 Aids is an African desease. Nothing good comes from there. Aids, Ebola, Smallpox, Hurricane Katrina, Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton all originated in Africa.  

Posted by: greyrooster at October 01, 2006 07:24 AM (9NcP7)

5 No posts on Tom Foley. Are we so republican that we hide our shame like the democrats applaude theirs?
 
Suddenly, the democrats are claiming they will capture the house because Tom Foley turns out to be a fag.
Yet the democrats forget about Barney Frank.
 
The truth finally comes out the Colin Powell was fired by Bush. I expected it the whole time. Good for Bush. The turkey wasn't on board with the war on terror. He rose to prominence for one reason and one reason only. The administation needed an uncle tom. The same as he rose through the ranks of the Army. 
 
The Mexican mayor of Los Angeles is going to plant 3 million tress in Los Angeles. Probably orange trees. Have to keep Manuel picking. Not a bad idea.  Fresh orange juice for the illegals so they can be healthy and have more babies to send to the Jewish hospital on Saturdays.
 
New tape of Al Queda hijackers 6 yrs ago must have GREG in a panic. His theory that Bush did it just went out the window.
 
New Orleans now over 300 murders in the last year and not one conviction. That has to be a record for imcompetance.
Black mayor, black district attorney, black police chief. I wonder why the black murderers continue to go unpunished?

Posted by: greyrooster at October 01, 2006 07:51 AM (9NcP7)

6 rooster,

what was the point of that?  I'm genuinely curious.  Is it a rant againt affirmative action?  Or is it just a hatred of blacks and hispanics.  If  the former, then you have my sympathy.  If the latter, then no wonder so many people want you banned.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at October 01, 2006 09:13 AM (8e/V4)

7 What about Foley, Rooster? He's a lowlife, child-molesting, scumbag
queer who would be found dead in a public park if there were any
justice in the world. Foley is merely a symptom of the liberalization
of the GOP and damn near everyone who claims to be conservative,
including about 90% of the those who post here, but remember, you and I
are the problem.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 01, 2006 01:16 PM (v3I+x)

8 Jesusland Carlos: The new format placed paragraphs together as if one.
My point was there is subject matter to be discussed. Take a look at the posts following this one and you should understand. As far as the later, yes I am against what I see blacks and hispanics are doing to my country. If it doesn't bother you fine. Take a trip to Los Angeles. You may be surprised by what you see.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 01, 2006 06:46 PM (6UrHt)

9 IM: A point well taken. I have been mentioning the liberal behavior of so called conservative posters here for some time. This day and age one cannot be a true conservative and a academic at the same time.  To exist, you must be pro minority, pro affirmative action, pro foreigner, pro immigration, anti border protection, all muslims are not terrorists, etc. etc.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 01, 2006 06:53 PM (6UrHt)

10 Jesusland Carlos: I have no hatred for Hispanics. I just believe they should FOLLOW THE FRIGGIN RULES like everyone else. I have better places to put my money than in illegal immigrants. Regardless of what we all say they are draining the economy. Additionally, they have a tendency not to join America even when awarded citizenship. They insist on speaking a foreign language, they wave a foreign flag and celebrate a foreign country's independence day. A person waviing a foreign flag and yelling Viva Mexico is a  mexican. Not an American. No matter how long he has been here. Mexicans that claim they are not treated equally should prehaps look at the fucking flag they are waving. Mine is red, white and blue. I know, I know, that belief makes me a Nazi, a KKK, a bigot, blah, blah, blah. What it really means is I'm telling the true. Something liberals and minorities refuse to accept.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 01, 2006 07:03 PM (6UrHt)

11 Greyrooster,  you're making generalizations.  I think I'm pretty conservative and I'm Hispanic.  Maybe you should have said "'some' minorities"....

I agree with most of what you say, but some of it is way out there.  Do you hate White people, too?  Some of them also have babies out of wed-lock, and they commit crimes, and are on welfare.That doesn't mean they all do that. 

Muslims.......that's a different story.

Oh, btw, I don't have a Spanish or Mexican flag anywhere(nor does any of my family), and, ironicly, I didn't know about "Cinco de Mayo" until, I moved out of South Texas.

Posted by: pivalleygirl at October 01, 2006 11:38 PM (G8qYZ)

12 While I am willing to pay for the dumb mistakes Americans make, I am not willing to pay for foreigners. Why do you include yourself in the group that comes here illegally, flys the mexican flag, takes unfair advantage of our social programs and yells viva mexico? The fact that you immediately make excuses for them means what?
I say foreigners, mexican or not, who come here in their fifties and sixties, work as security guards for two years, then draw social security for the rest of their lives is wrong. Dosen't matter if they are Mexican, Pakistani or Indian. It's draining our social resources.
"Making Generalizations" "Some minorites" How about 15 million of them. That is a lot more than some. 15 million of them who break the law the moment they swim the river. 
Where do I say I hate anyone. Is telling the truth a sign of hate to a hispanic? Why would you ask if I hate white people too?  White illegals are few and far between. They normally follow the law. White people having babies too. (1) White people are not complaining about the Jewish hospital being closed on Saturdays. Blacks are. But 70% of the freebies there are Mexican. So why would one complain about the white people? The white people are the ones supplying the care.
Actually, I like Mexicans. At least the first generation of immigrants. Mexicans who come here and wish to make America like the corrupt bull shit country they come from need to go back.
If you are a Mexican who doesn't wave the Mexican flag, use Spanish as your 1st language, yell viva Mexico and place cinco de mayo ahead of the 4th of July then you have become an American. As an American you need to pick a side and quit MAKING EXCUSES FOR MEXICANS. Americans make excuses for Americans.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 02, 2006 08:32 AM (xJ3Xm)

13 I'm not making excuses for Mexicans.  I agree with you that illegals are putting a strain on us.  I have seen where illegals come here and get all the privileges that Americans are entitled to.  I know, personally, of somebody that never worked(legally) and "got her papers" and is now on SS.  That is something that pisses me off!  I'm not including myself with Mexicans,  I know nothing about Mexico.  I have no relatives in Mexico As far as I know, my ancestors came from Spain.You said, "I am against what I see Blacks and Hispanics are doing to my country".  That implies all Blacks and all Hispanics.  That is what I meant about generalizations.  I agree with you about the facts you state, but your opinions are over the top at times.There are a lot of Americans that are putting a strain on our economy also.  I realize that some people need help, but people that can help themselves and would rather live off the government, I have a problem with.  Okay, I'm tired of this now!  I do want to say though that marriage should be between one man and one woman.

Posted by: pivalleygirl at October 03, 2006 12:55 AM (G8qYZ)

14 "There are a lot of Americans that are putting a strain on our economy also". Americans doing it is OUR problem. Foreigners doing it is wrong. They are here merely to take advantage of what real Americans created and protected with their lives. Mexicans should be immigrateing to Germany. That's who they pulled for in WW2.

Posted by: greyrooster at October 03, 2006 08:24 AM (xJ3Xm)

15 HIV is what happens when an opportunistic entity, i.e. a virus, finds a
situation that provides the perfect breeding ground. HIV is a lot like
islam like that; both are aggressive parasites that eventually kill the
host, but not before spreading as far as possible through perverted
acts - one by sex, the other by hate.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at October 03, 2006 11:50 AM (v3I+x)

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