The intense media focus on Charlie Sheen's "reckless lifestyle" has more to do with sexual shame than with a real concern for his health.
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Replying to @gaywonk
A lot of people seem almost gleeful about Sheen's HIV status, as if he got what he deserves. "What do you expect when you live like that?"
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Replying to @gaywonk
We love the chance to otherize/shame Sheen: it makes us feel pure about our sex lives, even if most of us engage in risky behaviors too.
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Replying to @gaywonk
The witch hunt about Sheen's HIV status mirrors, in part, are own desire to be absolved of sexual "sin" and tell ourselves we're different.
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Replying to @gaywonk
HIV isn't a thing you earn after you've engaged in enough "bad" behavior. HIV doesn't actually give a shit about how it meets you.
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Replying to @gaywonk
HIV isn't some cosmic force that eventually finds its way to people who live "recklessly." It doesn't exist to dish out karmic justice.
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@itsjustolmos so torn about whether to fav this1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@gaywonk@itsjustolmos The heart makes it more difficult to decide, too!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@chrisgeidner@gaywonk I probably could've done without the emoji oops1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@itsjustolmos @gaywonk We might not have known it was a song if you had not done so.
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