From what I can tell, they (not all but the vocal radicals) have rationalized this virus into some sort of positive --- a badge of honor so to speak --- in order to re-affirm their lifestyle. And their ideology which places their life style above all else, then leads them to conclude that those who criticize that life style in any way, even if only over health concerns, are in fact responsible for killing them.
I know it's irrational, but that sure seems to me to be what they are saying.
Exactly. A disease that seems to target gays and drug users is a dream come true for the liberal victimologist.
I think you are on to something there. A couple of years ago I ran across the term "barebacking" in connection with homosexual sex. I had never heard this before but it appeared from the context in which it appeared that it is a term for unprotected anal sex among homosexual men. I did a search on the term and came up with a site that explained that not only it is indeed a term for unprotected sex but that there is a deliberate effort on the part of some homosexual men to become infected with HIV. As you state it is apparently considered by some homosexual men to be a sort of "badge of honor" to be HIV positive. It is also considered proof of their "love" for one another to engage in unprotected anal sex. "Barebacking" is apparently more common among younger homosexual men (according to what I read in my search).