AIDS and Right-Wing Hysteria

Dear Bill,

It has been over a year since NR carried my first letter on right-wing homophobia and AIDS hysteria. That letter was generally distorted by those conservatives who did not just ignore it; but, as homosexuality and AIDS are both very emotional subjects, I expected no less. Therefore I was both heartened and disheartened by an article in the November Commentary, “AIDS: Are Heterosexuals at Risk?” by an occasional NR contributor, Michael Fumento. Heartened, because Mr. Fumento’s well-researched, rational investigation into the AIDS crisis is not what I’ve come to expect from conservative journals; disheartened, because of the way conservative commentators (including NR in the November 20 editorial section) have distorted Fumento’s article to find support for their own political agenda.

JW

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Dear Bill,

It has been over a year since NR carried my first letter on right-wing homophobia and AIDS hysteria. That letter was generally distorted by those conservatives who did not just ignore it; but, as homosexuality and AIDS are both very emotional subjects, I expected no less. Therefore I was both heartened and disheartened by an article in the November Commentary, “AIDS: Are Heterosexuals at Risk?” by an occasional NR contributor, Michael Fumento. Heartened, because Mr. Fumento’s well-researched, rational investigation into the AIDS crisis is not what I’ve come to expect from conservative journals; disheartened, because of the way conservative commentators (including NR in the November 20 editorial section) have distorted Fumento’s article to find support for their own political agenda.