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    The FDA is currently under the purview of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who in the past has said that he believes poppers cause AIDS.

    …wut?

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      Butt sex. He thinks since poppers are popular in the gay community they cause AIDS. He’s essentially blaming the gay community for AIDS.

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        So does he think the millions that have gotten it in Africa are all on poppers?

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          Denialists are always going to find a way to bullshit their way into continuing to believe the nonsense they already believe.

          Believe that. I’ve watched how creationists operate for decades in IRL and online conversations. It’s unreal.

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      It was a conspiracy theory popular in the 70s and 80s. Basically blaming gay people (who were the primary victims of AIDS in those days) for their own deaths by implying that they brought it on themselves through drug use.

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      If he’s a vaccine denier, he may also be an HIV denier?

      Usually, when it comes to bullshit denialism, it’s in for a penny, in for a pound. So once you believe complete horseshit in one area, you buy all of it: moon landing denial, Holocaust denial, evolution denial, HIV denial, climate change denial…

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      Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has a broad range of unorthodox views on medicine.