Reddit Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/pkdc1w/this_is_the_grave_of_technical_sergeant_leonard/

Obviously, there are weird feelings about this, and I don't really want to dunk too hard on an individual who was a victim of America's response to the AIDS crisis and treatment of homosexuality in general... but come on.

I really cannot tell what the takeaway is supposed to be from this memorial.

I am not meaning to undermine homophobia. I am only pointing out that the guy was willing to inflict misery and death onto others, but when the machine turned its gaze on him he was quick to point out the oppression and cruelty.

  • DickFuckarelli [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Probably a victim of the draft. And lived in a time of ignorance in general. Don't know how to feel either, but mainly feel pity.

    Oh. And the obligatory "fuck Reagan" is in order.

    • zeal0telite [he/him,they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Nah, he signed up. I checked.

      This also ignores that there were tonnes of protests and resistance to the war.

        • zeal0telite [he/him,they/them]
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          3 years ago

          The draft might have been unpopular at the time but it works wonders for propaganda decades later.

          You can just say "but they were drafted" and that magically makes all the horrific shit okay because they didn't want to do it.