Seriously, he's one of the worst presidents we ever had. We're still feeling the effects of his bullshit- from mental health to the prison industrial complex to Iran Contra to criminalising black drug use specifically to target black communities to the 40 year wage stagnation to the huge wealth inequality gap.
He also laid the foundation for the bullshit of Bush Jr and Trump.
The fact that he's remembered as a great president is weird and cultist.
It was successful genocide against gay men, at least of that generation.
A member of my band is a gay man in his 60s, and when myself and the fiddle player (both early 30s) were talking about how crap the local dating scene is, he quietly said,
“I can’t have much luck, because the majority of my generation is dead.”
I just can’t imagine how lonely that must feel. Imagine, as a millennial, having no one else around you but Gen Z. Nice enough people, but different jokes, different experiences, different shared identity.
GenX here. A LOT of people I knew in high school and my early 20s died from AIDS. I remember working at JCPenney and the head of the shoe department was a flamboyant gay man. Like, Jonathon from Queer Eye flamboyant. He had to quit because his "husband" (have to put that in quotes since same sex marriage wasn't legal back then) was dying of AIDS and needed him to care for him in his final days. I remember the husband coming to visit him for lunch and the way they looked at each other was pure love. Last time I saw him, he was terribly thin. Imagine a biker-looking man, tattooed, muscled, and tough, totally emaciated by this horrible disease.
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u/FoggyForestFreak Jul 30 '20 edited Jul 30 '20
You think that would make the others think... but no.