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Reagan didn't literally text me the party popper emoji when freddie mercury died so he must be a friend to the lgbt spectrum
you've been provided evidence of reagan's attitude on the aids pandemic
you just haven't addressed it because it's easier to pretend it hasn't been provided than confront the fact that gop daddy might not have been the second coming of christ
we could argue until we were both blue in the face and your position would still be that because he didn't literally crack out a fortnite dance that it doesn't really count as cheering and that therefore he was as sympathetic as it was possible to be
the fact is he abused his position to cause more gay people afflicted by HIV to die than had to, and entirely because it suited him to do so
please could you be specific about the slur that was thrown at mr president reagan?
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Reagan is a slur.
I don't think “He was just indifferent towards the death of entire sectors of the population based on their sexual identity” is the solid refutation you think it is
"Cheered" doesn't necessarily mean getting up and doing a cheerleader dance while yelling. It can also mean encouraged.
He was in a position of power to ease the suffering of victims of a pandemic. He didn't act until he couldn't avoid it anymore. It doesn't matter if his intent was apathy or hatred. His actions are what matters and for the leader of a nation to refuse to act on a public health crisis is abhorrent and inexcusable behavior.
The distribution of power in the US is top-down. As the head of state, he was responsible for either instituting or delegating the policy and procedures of dealing with the aids pandemic. This ranges from healthcare to public outreach. He hired his cabinet, he had tremendous power to sway and inform public sentiment. He was one of the most popular candidates in the history of the US. He won 49 states in his re-election. The ignorance and homophobia that exploded in this time could have been mitigated to a large degree.
You're correct on saying it was mishandled on many levels. Those levels were all largely subordinate to Reagan's cabinet. The director of the CDC is appointed by the president. He could've.influenced how aids was researched, treated, spread, and traced. The responsibility for the poor treatment of aids falls squarely on Reagan's shoulders