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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 15

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Blake Hounshell

      The headline there, with its “Make Trump” framing, removes independent thought and judgment — and, hence, responsibility — from the person who is now president.https://twitter.com/blakehounshell/status/953053507204075521 …

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      Blake HounshellVerified account @blakehounshell
      New York's tabloid media went insane when the AIDS crisis broke out. Is that what formed Trump's view of Haitian immigrants? https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/15/aids-panic-trump-haitians-216324 …
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    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 15

      Since it’s hidden there in the underlying tweet, here’s the headline. Yes, there is significant blame to go around — obviously — regarding AIDS hysteria, but this framing is wild.pic.twitter.com/UcH3pUjimh

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      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 15

      I'm getting more angry about this over time. The framing fails to recognize the number of people (including many other New Yorkers) who realized it *was* panic — and did things to work to end stigmas relating to HIV and AIDS.

      4:16 PM - 15 Jan 2018
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 15

          Did horrible media coverage influence his views? Of course it did. Did he change his views over time when presented with countervailing information (like happened with millions of others)? It appears not.

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        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 15

          AIDS panic did not "make" Trump do anything. Just like coverage of the Central Park Five did not "make" Trump place a full-page ad calling for the death penalty, to give but one example.

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        2. Blake Hounshell‏Verified account @blakehounshell Jan 15
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          That's an odd interpretation of this article, which isn't meant to absolve Trump of responsibility--at all.

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        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 15
          Replying to @blakehounshell

          I don't think it's an odd interpretation of the headline at all — which frames the story as one of explaining his views today and not one of "he never moved past that, despite subsequent information that led others to move past that hysteria."

          1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
        4. Blake Hounshell‏Verified account @blakehounshell Jan 15
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          it's pretty clear to me that he never moved past that... which is why we published the article...?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 15
          Replying to @blakehounshell

          You place the blame on the 1980s media coverage, not Trump, for Trump’s 2018 words with that headline. What is so confusing about why that is seen as a confounding framing decision?

          1 reply 2 retweets 8 likes
        6. Blake Hounshell‏Verified account @blakehounshell Jan 15
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          I guess I don't really agree that the headline exonerates Trump. It seeks to explain where he got this idea that all Haitians have AIDS.

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 15
          Replying to @blakehounshell

          “Make” — the word literally means it is not of his doing.

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
        8. Blake Hounshell‏Verified account @blakehounshell Jan 15
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          I think you are overthinking this...

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner Jan 15
          Replying to @blakehounshell

          This is a step away from “don’t get so emotional,” so I’m just going to end this conversation. I’ve made my point.

          2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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        1. Matt McDermott‏Verified account @mattmfm Jan 15
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          It's just infuriating. Also, was AIDS hysteria also the reason Trump ran a full-page ad against the Central Park 5 when they were innocent?

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        1. Claire Antone Payton Ph.D.‏ @clairepayton Jan 16
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          The article goes on about the protests and activists who fought against the panic...

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        2. Kathleen Fallon Cavanagh‏ @renegademom Jan 15
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          IT WAS HOMOPHOBIC, RACIST, BLOOD TRANSFUSION AND NEEDLE USERS HYSTERIA

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        3. Kathleen Fallon Cavanagh‏ @renegademom Jan 15
          Replying to @renegademom @chrisgeidner

          I was there.pic.twitter.com/BfEdpsDMJJ

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        1. Tom‏ @usroute2 Jan 15
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Anything it 'made' him think about Haitians should go double for gays.

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