...they would press their temple to the cold barrel of that gun and look you straight in the eyes and say, "I'd rather die than ever look anything up myself. So either you look this up for me or you pull the trigger mother fucker!!!"

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[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

it can be a learning experience starting out with a guesstimation of deaths caused by the disease, learning about the actual number of deaths both in the LGBT+ community and the wider world, then steer it into a historical discussion about how right-wing ideology of being hateful bigots turning a blind eye and gagging the truth lead to so many preventable deaths under the capitalist system, and how if even mitigation and symptom treatment research was started as early as the epidemic was discovered, Freddie might still be here today, among so many other folks that could've shined brightly as him.

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago

other folks that could've shined brightly as him

foucault-shining ?