william f. buckley jr. died today. not my favorite guy. in an unusual twist of synchronicity (since i can't remember the last time WFB entered my thoughts, honestly), just this very morning i was reading a student's paper referencing a very moving speech mary fisher gave in 1992 about her HIV diagnosis, and the student contrasted fisher's position with the leading conservative sentiment at the time with this gem from none other than WFB:
"Everyone detected with AIDS should be tattooed in the upper forearm, to protect common needle users, and on the buttock, to prevent the victimization of other homosexuals."
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