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June 30th 2007 16:10
Steve Sailer points to this hilarious exchange from the Democratic debate:
NPR's Michel Martin: "[W]hat is the plan to stop and to protect these young people from this scourge [AIDS]?" ...
Sen. Joe Biden: "I got tested for AIDS. I know Barack got tested for AIDS. There's no shame in being tested for AIDS. It's an important thing." ...
OBAMA: Tavis, Tavis, Tavis, I just got to make clear -- I got tested with Michelle. (Laughter, applause.)
SMILEY: Ah.
OBAMA: In -- when we were in Kenya in Africa. So I don't want any confusion here about what's going on. (Applause continues.)
SMILEY: All right. ...
OBAMA: I was tested with my wife.
SMILEY: And I'm sure Michelle appreciates you clarifying it.
OBAMA: In public. (Laughter.)
I've always found this type of thing amusing. The bottom line is that people who are sexually promiscuous should take steps to mitigate their risks. They should wear condoms and get tested for STDs.
But conversely, people who carry around condoms and stand in line for AIDS screenings tend to be promiscuous; everyone knows this, and thus there's a stigma. So health promoters are in the awkward position of telling promiscuous people that, because of their promiscuity, they should get tested, but that "there's no shame in being tested for AIDS." If anything, that pack of Trojans in your purse makes you a shining beacon of responsible living!
Obama apparently didn't get the memo. He was pretty quick to say, hey, I know it sounds bad that I got tested, but it wasn't like that. It was a publicity stunt for AIDS awareness.
By Robert VerBruggen
UPDATE: Some of the commenters at Sailer's site are taking Obama's disclaimer as a statement about homosexuality, not fidelity. In that case it's a double whammy -- Obama (A) reacted to the stigma of being tested for AIDS and (B) implied AIDS is a gay disease. (Disproportionately, it is, by the way.)
NPR's Michel Martin: "[W]hat is the plan to stop and to protect these young people from this scourge [AIDS]?" ...
Sen. Joe Biden: "I got tested for AIDS. I know Barack got tested for AIDS. There's no shame in being tested for AIDS. It's an important thing." ...
OBAMA: Tavis, Tavis, Tavis, I just got to make clear -- I got tested with Michelle. (Laughter, applause.)
SMILEY: Ah.
OBAMA: In -- when we were in Kenya in Africa. So I don't want any confusion here about what's going on. (Applause continues.)
SMILEY: All right. ...
OBAMA: I was tested with my wife.
SMILEY: And I'm sure Michelle appreciates you clarifying it.
OBAMA: In public. (Laughter.)
I've always found this type of thing amusing. The bottom line is that people who are sexually promiscuous should take steps to mitigate their risks. They should wear condoms and get tested for STDs.
But conversely, people who carry around condoms and stand in line for AIDS screenings tend to be promiscuous; everyone knows this, and thus there's a stigma. So health promoters are in the awkward position of telling promiscuous people that, because of their promiscuity, they should get tested, but that "there's no shame in being tested for AIDS." If anything, that pack of Trojans in your purse makes you a shining beacon of responsible living!
Obama apparently didn't get the memo. He was pretty quick to say, hey, I know it sounds bad that I got tested, but it wasn't like that. It was a publicity stunt for AIDS awareness.
By Robert VerBruggen
UPDATE: Some of the commenters at Sailer's site are taking Obama's disclaimer as a statement about homosexuality, not fidelity. In that case it's a double whammy -- Obama (A) reacted to the stigma of being tested for AIDS and (B) implied AIDS is a gay disease. (Disproportionately, it is, by the way.)
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