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[–]MarkTwainiac 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Oh come on, a brief Huffpost from 2015 is all you got? BTW, I knew Lillian Faderman back in the day.

But your post was not about how the AIDS crisis caused some lesbians and some gay men "to reconcile their animosity" for a time.

The point of your post was that lesbians in the AIDS crisis should have "let gay men die" so lesbians could have "taken over" the "gay community." Which suggests that you think lesbians had the power over life and death of gay men back then. WTF?

Your animosity to men is not what I'm objecting to. I am sure you have your reasons. You do you.

Nor I am objecting to you blaming the AIDS the crisis of the 80s/90s on the irresponsible behavior of gay - and other - men back then. AIDS spread in the gay community, as well as amongst IV drug users, hemophiliacs, blood transfusion recipients, women and babies, and now to large numbers of girls and women in Africa because of the selfish sexual actions of men. Most/many of these men regardless of their sexual orientation were libertines.

What I am objecting to - mildly and politely - is the way you keep making sweeping, condemnatory statements about events and politics of eras that occurred before you were born and you seem to be poorly informed about.

Lesbians never had the power to decide who or how many died of AIDS!

I don't listen to women who love men.

Seems like you don't listen at all.

[–]censorshipment 2 insightful - 7 fun2 insightful - 6 fun3 insightful - 7 fun -  (0 children)

Women shouldn't be the caregivers of men. Women should step over men who are crying out for help. Women should grab the steering wheel and lead, not stop the boat to help men who are sinking.