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[โ€“] logicbomb@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't conflate promiscuity with homosexuality. There are plenty of gay people who are monogamous and who are no more likely to spread disease than anybody else. And there are plenty of promiscuous heterosexual people who are spreading diseases.

Also, you shouldn't apologize for this bigotry by saying it's subconscious. This is learned behavior.

you're right, i should have been more careful about this.

i just contacted an old friend of mine who had that view, and he too says that he's changed his mind about this and no longer sees it that way.