{"id":1580111,"date":"2022-07-30T07:46:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T11:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1580111"},"modified":"2022-07-30T07:46:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T11:46:35","slug":"pro-lockdown-democrats-say-its-homophobic-to-support-restrictions-to-stop-spread-of-monkeypox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-lockdown-democrats-say-its-homophobic-to-support-restrictions-to-stop-spread-of-monkeypox\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Lockdown Democrats Say It&#8217;s Homophobic to Support Restrictions to Stop Spread of Monkeypox"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-lockdown-democrats-say-its-homophobic-to-support-restrictions-to-stop-spread-of-monkeypox%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1580111&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>While the nation continues to try to move forward from the Covid-19 pandemic, another public health emergency seems to be brewing on the not so distant horizon: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/new-york-health-commissioner-demands-who-rename-racist-monkeypox\/\">Monkeypox<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>But while the restrictions imposed for Covid were roundly lauded by those on the left, who insisted that everyone mask and get vaccinated regardless of personal preference, calling those who refused &#8220;grandma killers,&#8221; or even worse, now that restrictions are merely being suggested to curb the spread of Monkeypox, cries of homophobia and discrimination abound.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>With nearly all <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/majority-of-monkeypox-cases-in-canada-among-men-who-have-intimate-sexual-contact-with-other-men\">cases of monkeypox<\/a> reported outside of Africa being amongst men who have sex with men, according to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/28\/nyregion\/gay-men-monkeypox-health-crisis.html\">New York Times<\/a><\/em>, this has prompted leaders to suggest that this population cease or cut back on the number of sexual partners they have or sexual activities they take part in.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/who-urges-reducing-number-of-sexual-partners-due-to-monkeypox\/\">World Health Organization<\/a> even made the suggestion earlier this week, according to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2022\/07\/27\/who-recommends-men-who-have-sex-with-men-reduce-sex-partners-to-limit-monkeypox-risk\/\">STAT News<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/conditions-and-diseases\/monkeypox\">Johns Hopkins Medicine<\/a>, monkeypox is an infection caused by a virus not so dissimilar to the one that causes smallpox, and requires close personal contact to spread, like through sexual activities.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Tedros Adhanom, director-general of the World Health Organization, said on Wednesday during the organization\u2019s weekly press conference, &#8220;For men who have sex with men, this includes, for the moment, reducing your number of sexual partners, reconsidering sex with new partners, and exchanging contact details with any new partners to enable follow-up if needed,&#8221; in reference to curtailing the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The World Health Organization, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/monkeypox\/sf-declares-monkeypox-local-health-emergency\/\">state leaders<\/a> in the US, have declared the monkeypox outbreak a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/biden-admin-considers-declaring-monkeypox-a-public-health-emergency-after-first-reports-of-cases-found-in-children-in-us\">public health emergency<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>While the symptoms include general feelings of illness like aches and fevers, the most notable symptom seen externally is that of a blister-like rash that spreads across the body.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>This suggestion appears to have fallen on deaf ears though, with many saying that the mere suggestion is homophobic, and in the same breath likening the government response and slow vaccine rollout to the 1980\u2019s AIDS pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Many have noted that those taking issue with this simple line of advise in preventing disease are the same ones who were militant in Covid-19 precautions, like masking and boosting.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Billy Binion, associate editor at <em>Reason<\/em>, noted this phenomenon in a Twitter thread on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;A few months ago, we were told it was virtuous to mock folks who died of COVID, esp if they were vaccine-hesitant,&#8221; Binion wrote. &#8220;With <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/schlong-covid-best-new-name-for-monkeypox-poll-shows\">Monkeypox<\/a>, we\u2019re told it\u2019s too far to ask gay men to temporarily desist from promiscuous sex. It says a lot about how we filter everything through identity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A few months ago, we were told it was virtuous to mock folks who died of COVID, esp if they were vaccine-hesitant.<\/p>\n<p>With Monkeypox, we\u2019re told it\u2019s too far to ask gay men to temporarily desist from promiscuous sex. It says a lot about how we filter everything through identity. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3CZzbH7D7Q\">pic.twitter.com\/3CZzbH7D7Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billy Binion (@billybinion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billybinion\/status\/1552848720156413952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Binion noted the sense of morality that the public had throughout the pandemic, with people being branded as &#8220;literal murderer(s)&#8221; for spreading the disease,&#8221; and as &#8220;privileged a**hole(s)&#8221; for attending dinner with friends.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;But now a marginalized group is *at the center* of a pandemic. So asking something very basic\u2014to exercise sexual discretion, not abstinence\u2014is unthinkable. It\u2019s so infantilizing,&#8221; Binion wrote.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Anyone who met a friend for dinner was a privileged asshole with contempt for the marginalized.<\/p>\n<p>But now a marginalized group is *at the center* of a pandemic. So asking something very basic\u2014to exercise sexual discretion, not abstinence\u2014is unthinkable. It\u2019s so infantilizing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billy Binion (@billybinion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billybinion\/status\/1552848895306338304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;That this is about identity is made clear by the fact that the CDC issued (cringe) sexual guidelines\u2014regardless of orientation\u2014during COVID,&#8221; Binion added. &#8220;But we\u2019re told by some that we can\u2019t emphasize this during Monkeypox\u2014a virus that easily spreads thru sexual contact!\u2014bc of homophobia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">But this is politics today. People can, with a straight face, celebrate someone\u2019s death bc they didn\u2019t do the \u201cright\u201d things &#038; were the \u201cright\u201d kind of person to die.<\/p>\n<p>But when the victim is more sympathetic to them, it\u2019s a totally different story. To say the least.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billy Binion (@billybinion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billybinion\/status\/1552849286949380100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Binion did concede that the suggestion that gay men curb their sexual activities may not be the best long term suggestion, &#8220;But to act like this is a big ask\u2014as if all gay men are sex-crazed fiends\u2014is nothing short of absurd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These are the same people who shut down schools for years, who told people they were murderers &#038; grandma killers if they ventured outside their studio apartments for some human contact.<\/p>\n<p>So you can absolutely miss me with the moralizing. You squandered your chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billy Binion (@billybinion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billybinion\/status\/1552849558954196992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Similar sentiments have been expressed across social media, with users questioning why the suggestion is such a large ask.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s apparently more harmful to say that anal sex is particularly risky for monkeypox than it is to let the people you claim to protect contract monkeypox. The public health apparatus does it again.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Noam Blum (@neontaster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neontaster\/status\/1552981098166161408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The regime will tell you we must not stigmatize the monkeypox parties as they boot thousands of unvaccinated religious troops from our military ranks <\/p>\n<p>Internalize this<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1552998183113990145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Fox Business has even expressed outrage at a guest telling viewers that to stop the spread of monkeypox, people should &#8220;stop attending gay orgies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nearly 1M views on this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nedryun?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nedryun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mkl948mETq\">pic.twitter.com\/mkl948mETq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1552717194638888963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>One example of flip flopping in terms of preventing the spread of Covid vs preventing the spread of monkeypox comes in the form of California Senator Scott Wiener.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In 2020, Wiener posted a condescending picture to Twitter telling users that if they don\u2019t want to get urinated on, both they and the other person should be wearing pants. This was meant to be an analogy for masks.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s simple:<\/p>\n<p>-Wear pants &#038; don\u2019t pee on people<\/p>\n<p>-Wear a mask &#038; don\u2019t breath on people <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sJTkvqFrco\">pic.twitter.com\/sJTkvqFrco<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scott_Wiener\/status\/1261075721507581952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In 2021, Wiener referred to those not wearing masks at the January 6 riot at the Capitol building as &#8220;Neanderthals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I truly hope that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJayapal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepJayapal<\/a> &#038; the others members of Congress infected\/assaulted by the Neanderthals who refused to wear masks recover quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scott_Wiener\/status\/1348880961459548161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>On Thursday though, Wiener tweeted that the suggestions surrounding curtailing the spread of monkeypox equates to &#8220;sex shaming of gay men.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Lecturing people not to have sex isn\u2019t a public health strategy. It didn\u2019t stop HIV \u2014 it made it worse \u2014 &#038; it won\u2019t stop monkeypox,&#8221; Wiener wrote. &#8220;What will work is vaccination, testing &#038; education.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lots of sex shaming of gay men around monkeypox. The same shaming we saw in the 1980s re HIV.<\/p>\n<p>Lecturing people not to have sex isn\u2019t a public health strategy. It didn\u2019t stop HIV \u2014 it made it worse \u2014 &#038; it won\u2019t stop monkeypox.<\/p>\n<p>What will work is vaccination, testing &#038; education.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scott_Wiener\/status\/1552671476876120064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I agree with your point. No disease should be treated as anything but a health challenge. And people should not be expected to put away the core of their existence for single focused.  \u201cpublic health\u201d . But I see utter dissonance and hypocrisy in your positioning. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/acAp1ecboU\">pic.twitter.com\/acAp1ecboU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David B. Affler (@OffRampSeeker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OffRampSeeker\/status\/1552737070090752000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The virus is spreading through the community primarily by means of sexual activity. Those in this vulnerable population to contracting monkeypox have complained about the slow vaccine rollout to protect themselves against the virus. Advocates for the gay community claim that giving information about how to prevent the spread of this virus discriminates against the very community that would be most benefited by the information.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the nation continues to try to move forward from the Covid-19 pandemic, another public health emergency seems to be brewing on the not so distant horizon: Monkeypox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1580239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1580111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1580111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1580239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1580111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1580111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1580111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}