When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.
  • grue@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    From Abraham Lincoln to Franklin D. Roosevelt to Ronald Reagan and beyond, Americans fought for freedom and human dignity and against tyranny; we promoted democracy, funded the Marshall Plan, and saved millions of people across Africa from HIV and AIDS. When we caused harm—Vietnam, Iraq—it was because of our overconfidence and naivete, not evil intentions.

    Wow. This motherfucker thinks Reagan was actually good on the AIDS issue‽ No wonder he didn’t “see this coming;” he’s a genuine moron!

    • fubo@lemmy.world
      14·
      19 days ago

      Reagan wasn’t good on HIV-AIDS.
      George H. W. Bush wasn’t either.
      But George W. Bush was.

      PEPFAR was Baby Bush’s baby.

      I don’t think the passage you quoted was intended to say that Reagan was good on HIV-AIDS, but rather that America ended up being good on HIV-AIDS.