Posted by
Playful Walrus on Monday, February 07, 2011 11:45:55 AM
It would seem that most Americans today have an appreciation for the late President Reagan. Even a lot of die-hard Democrats and Leftists have some good things to say about him.
But there's a distinct group of people who have marked Reagan's centennial with wailing and gnashing of teeth. Who are they? Some (not all) homosexuality advocates and gender confusion obsessives.
Their chief complaint appears to be that with the onset of HIV/AIDS in the USA, Reagan didn't drop everything and focus on something striking a tiny portion of the population, a disease that is almost entirely avoidable through some basic morality. Yes, there were people infected through tainted donated blood or through accidental or malicious needle pokes, but the vast majority of people acquired HIV through shooting up illegal drugs with a needle already used by another junkie, or through engaging in rough sex, especially receiving anal sex from someone who had been having sex with someone else or shooting up illegal drugs.
Am I saying that people who did those things "deserved" to get AIDS and die, more than then next guy? Nope. But let’s not pretend that people hadn't been warned to avoid such behavior. Be honest. How many of these people have sympathy for chain smokers who get lung cancer and want Obama to do more about lung cancer?
As far as Reagan’s lack of focus on HIV/AIDS, I can see why people are so upset to this day. After all, it is right there in Article II, Section 5 of the Constitution of the United States:
The President shall respond to new diseases spread by behavior typical of junkies and homosexual males by taking money by force from everyone and spending it on treating and preventing the spread of the disease, all other issues, including diseases killing more people, be damned.
Oops. That part of the Constitution doesn't exist. Which means it wasn't Reagan's place to do anything. I suppose he could have used his bully pulpit to look into the camera and say:
It is your duty to yourselves, your family, your country, and our God that you stop buggering different people and stop sharing needles. If you're a man and refuse to stop engaging in homosexual behavior, then stick to true monogamy. Not that “monogamy” where you can still have sex with other people as long as your partner is there, or your partner is out of town, or you are out of town, or you're in a club, or in a restroom. If you're a junkie and refuse to stop shooting up, then use clean needles.
Somehow, I don't think those whining about Reagan's refusal to take unconstitutional action on this matter would have been happy with that.
Meanwhile, most people recognize that Reagan did a lot of good for the world, even if they don't like everything about his Presidency.
And here's a hint before we’re hit with the next new disease: Avoid substance abuse. Do not sure needles. Save sex for marriage, marry someone who will be faithful, treat that person right, and stay faithful to them.