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Calling Amanda Hess of the Washington City Paper
16 Mar2009
Amanda Hess (who blogs for the Washington City Paper) wrote a critical piece on my recent post “Quick! Let’s blanket them with more ‘education’”. Criticism in of itself is certainly not an issue here. In fact, I encourage it.
Hess has a problem with me placing any blame of the spread of AIDS on the homosexual community and insists on parroting the line “HIV/AIDS is everybody’s problem. It affects all of us.” Sorry, but for the majority in this country who adhere to the advice on how to practice safe sex or have the good sense to stay away from IV drug use, HIV/AIDS is NOT an issue. So on that note, I am extending to Hess the invitation to debate me on this issue of AIDS and specifically how it affects metropolitan areas such as Washington DC.
We will put ALL THE FACTS on the table from how the disease is spread, why are certain communities affected more than others, to the effectiveness of endless HIV/AIDS programs. I’ve made my case repeatedly on this site. So now the ball is in your court to make a full and complete case without resorting to cut and paste arguments that deny factual evidence. At the end, we’ll let the readers decide their own conclusions.
I’m not into name calling or resorting to derogatory vernacular. So I can promise you a conversation that will be a mature one.
If you wish to take me up on this offer, you can contact me by way of the CONTACT link at the top of this page.
Update: Amanda has agreed to a debate. I directed her to posts I have written in the past on the topics of HIV/AIDS and homosexuality. So the topics are up to her. She will post her response tomorrow on her blog at washingtoncitypaper.com and I will post a response here at blackinformant.com.
4 Responses to Calling Amanda Hess of the Washington City Paper
Amanda Hess
March 16th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
You call, I answer. Sure, we can do this. I’ll contact you shortly and we can set something up. In the meantime, umm, do you have a personal photo of yourself I can post on my blog?
M@
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Interesting. I was not pleased when she profiled me in her paper, either. Group think. Political correctness. Agenda.
Rachael Sutton
July 14th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I wish things were really just that simple. While I can respect your standards on safe choices, the only person who’s choices you can 100% control is you. Aids and HIV is everybody’s problem, because of it’s costs to families and societies. A rape victim has no control over exposure, and any of us could be that. Babies born to mothers with HIV can contract the disease without ever having done anything intentional to get it. Medical care providers can be exposed through accidents even when they are taking precautionary measures. Anyone who has an unfaithful partner can be exposed without even realizing it. Also, it is a virus, and over time, virus’ change. If that happens, it could eventually become airborne – think that isn’t your problem? If you look at the statistics, for example in some African villages, every family has been impacted. Think of how many children have been orphaned. Think aids wasn’t their problem – even though they may have never taken risks to be exposed, the impact is still felt. I agree with Amanda Hess. She sounds like a very intelligent woman who is able to see a much bigger view.
Duane
July 14th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Aids and HIV is everybody’s problem.
When taxpayers are perpetually on the hook for programs that do not work, then yes it is everybody’s problem. But for those who have the good sense to practice safe sex, they are not affected.
A rape victim has no control over exposure, and any of us could be that. Babies born to mothers with HIV can contract the disease without ever having done anything intentional to get it. Medical care providers can be exposed through accidents even when they are taking precautionary measures. Anyone who has an unfaithful partner can be exposed without even realizing it. Also, it is a virus, and over time, virus’ change. If that happens, it could eventually become airborne – think that isn’t your problem?
If you really took the time to listen to yourself here, you would see that it is your “view” that is small. You have constructed your entire argument on extreme cases that make up a very small percentage of how HIV is transmitted in the first place. Most HIV cases come from unprotected sex and IV drug use. Just look at the statistics in DC.