Saying monkeypox is tearing through communities of queer men isn’t stigmatising – being afraid to say it is

The Guardian (UK) via MSN ^ | 2022-07-26 | Owen Jones

[NWFree]

Nothing seems to stop these deviants no matter the creepy disease they infest themselves with

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

When they is havin’ sex with they when they shouldn’t be doing it with they, they brings it on they selves.

[wardamneagle]

Hey Buttigieg..... getting nervous?

[Interesting Times]

Note that the pox itself is "tearing through the community." This weasel-wording is used to deflect any responsibility from the people who actually transmit the disease. Guns and SUVs do the same thing when they are used to cause harm by members of protected groups. Bad guns! Bad monkeypox!

Now consider how the media treats people who decline to be vaccinated.

[CodeJockey]

And New York has asked the WHO to rename Monkey pox because it may stigmatize patients? Why would the name monkeypox be stigmatizing?

Actually it’s better sounding than most other infections.

[Luke21]

They have outed themselves so much that old time AIDS has returned. Last time it started as refusal to close their bathhouses and a propaganda campaign saying we all were going to get it.

Let’s see what they do this time.

[Luke21]

“Nothing seems to stop these deviants no matter the creepy disease they infest themselves with.”

Helluva observation. Let’s pass some more bills honoring them.

[servo1969]

"There is nothing wrong with liking sex with lots of other people, including anonymous partners."

Well, it would seem to my eyes that there may definitely be something wrong with having sex with lots of other people, including anonymous partners. Something called monkeypox, to give it a name.

[Albion Wilde]

Aw, what a shame.

[jdsteel]

That thing wasn’t meant to go into that other thing.

[Burma Jones]

If some corporation announced that they were going to take their waste-disposal facility and use it as an amusement park at night, we’d never hear the end of it. But that’s exactly what this community does and is celebrated for.