"Wasn't a time consumed by 'scorched earth angry politics.'" Yeah, 1992 was the same Rodney King riots. So many white people love to believe everything was great and fine and dandy during that time and I would really like to scorch that narrative from the fucking earth.https://twitter.com/EW/status/988766097464872961 …
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In 92 it felt like the world was going to hell in a handbasket. AIDS was a full-on pandemic. I remember seeing the quilt in DC. And straight people were terrified at this point too because they realized it was on their doorstop. And they resented "the gays" for "releasing it"
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Weirdly one of of the most transcendent figures in BOTH events? Magic Johnson. What he wanted to do in revitalizing the areas of LA destroyed, along with how he helped re-write the world understanding of AIDS, was incredible. This was capital I-Important stuff.
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Anyway, this just made me think a lot about the horrible early 90's. And the only way it could feel civil to anyone is because both conservative and liberal white people looked each other in the eyes and said "yeah, who cares about anyone else?" ... Let's make those days over.
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My entire point is that things are "evening out."
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I remember when having a one-shot gay character on the Simpsons was transgressive, or when Terry Farrell kissed a woman on Deep Space Nine. Race, gender, sexual orientation, trans issues were still in their *infancy.*
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