This is lovely. I crave a culture (I’m in the US) where we acknowledge that almost everyone wants very similar things: justice, equity, freedom, opportunity, and safety for all. The primary...
This is lovely. I crave a culture (I’m in the US) where we acknowledge that almost everyone wants very similar things: justice, equity, freedom, opportunity, and safety for all. The primary disagreement is how to achieve that. From that footing it seems we could passionately promote our individual vision without hating, fearing, or dismissing our adversaries. We could—I don’t know—maybe love them? I feel like we are capable of this, but so far from it. I don’t know the path to get there.
Larry Kramer was a major organizer in Act Up! - which organized in reaction to the HIV/AIDs crisis especially back in the 80s and 90s. Anthony Fauci, before becoming the right wing bugaboo of...
Larry Kramer was a major organizer in Act Up! - which organized in reaction to the HIV/AIDs crisis especially back in the 80s and 90s. Anthony Fauci, before becoming the right wing bugaboo of COVID, coordinated much of the US government's response to HIV/AIDs. They were often antagonists and argued heavily while pursuing much of the same goals. I thought Fauci's memorial article to Kramer to be touching.
This is lovely. I crave a culture (I’m in the US) where we acknowledge that almost everyone wants very similar things: justice, equity, freedom, opportunity, and safety for all. The primary disagreement is how to achieve that. From that footing it seems we could passionately promote our individual vision without hating, fearing, or dismissing our adversaries. We could—I don’t know—maybe love them? I feel like we are capable of this, but so far from it. I don’t know the path to get there.
Larry Kramer was a major organizer in Act Up! - which organized in reaction to the HIV/AIDs crisis especially back in the 80s and 90s. Anthony Fauci, before becoming the right wing bugaboo of COVID, coordinated much of the US government's response to HIV/AIDs. They were often antagonists and argued heavily while pursuing much of the same goals. I thought Fauci's memorial article to Kramer to be touching.