Conservatives had no trouble with masking back in 1983

[tenderfoot]

[Arkansas Granny]

1. Great find.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. As long as it's about hurting other people, they'll do anything.

[relayerbob]

3. Good point

I keep saying the best way to get these nutbags to mask and vax is to tell them that COVID turns them gay. Too bad it doesn't actually make them sterile, though.

[luvs2sing]

4. They also had no trouble arresting..

people who they thought were spreading it.

[KS Toronado]

5. Will be forwarding this far & wide.

Appears reQublicOns have been doing conspiracy theories for 38 years already.

[Boomerproud]

36. Please share! Everywhere!

In their face!

[MiniMe]

6. The Moral Majority is neither

[Tadpole Raisin]

7. Ha! They are so f-ing hypocritical.

[dalton99a]

8. Kick

[benfranklin1776]

9. Good find which shows they were just as scientifically ignorant then as now.

Since it was clear then that the AIDS virus wasn’t a respiratory illness. So of course when confronted with an actual lethal respiratory illness they “proudly” refuse to wear masks when doing so would save lives. Consistently ignorant and bereft of compassion for their fellow humans they are.

[leftieNanner]

16. Wait a minute!

They wore masks to prevent getting AIDS. Maybe they are wearing condoms now.

[benfranklin1776]

27. Ha ha good one!

Apropos since they are all dicks!

[whopis01]

31. Consistently viewing a mask as a political statement

They wore masks back then to show they were against homosexuals.

They refuse to wear masks now to show that they are against liberals/socialism/common sense/Joe Biden/etc

[benfranklin1776]

37. Oh I get their "point" but it just underscores their stupidity.

And their disregard for suffering people and disdain for engaging in any meaningful protection of their fellow human beings.

[soldierant]

10. Of course they ,masked against AIDS -

AIDS isn't airborne, so n=marks don't do anything to prevent the spread of AIDS. D'oh.

[yonder]

11. Looks like the kid on the left has her nose exposed.

Teaching them wrong, teaching them early.

[Comfortably_Numb]

12. I believe that grifting weasel Ralph reed is still fleecing believers to this day.

[DemUnleashed]

13. They...

They were fine with it back then because they didn't have Trump, RW media, Republicans in Congress downplaying it or telling you 24/7 that wearing a mask is evil!

[Grokenstein]

14. No, no, no, you just don't get it.

Back then, they were masking TO TRIGGER TEH LIBZ.
Today, they're refusing to mask TO TRIGGER TEH LIBZ.
Totally consistent!!

[Wednesdays]

28. +1

Rec.

[whopis01]

32. Exactly.

To them the mask is a political statement.

[aggiesal]

15. I'm posting this on Twitter. n/t

[hvn_nbr_2]

17. Hope Rachel sees this. Also, do you know...

Do you know the original source for this? The link appears to be an image-hosting site. ManyPeople® will question the validity without original source info.

[aggiesal]

18. Sent to her twitter account. n/t

[Crowman2009]

19. I've seen a print version of this before, it's valid!

[aggiesal]

20. https://hivaids.omeka.net/items/show/9

[ffr]

21. They make up their positions as they go along, day by day, hour by hour, minute...

well, you get the point. HYPOCRITES!

[calimary]

22. Don't forget that old saying: "the 'Moral Majority' is NEITHER.'

[keithbvadu2]

23. But it's different! That was AIDS. This is Trump virus.

But it's different! That was AIDS. This is Trump virus.

[twin_ghost]

24. LOL! Conservatives didn't need a face mask, but a condemn!

[Jetheels]

25. And didn't Conservatives wanted gay people to be tattooed? N/t

[Warpy]

26. Well, those gay men are ICKY

(Never mind Jesus never said anything bad about them and if there are hemophiliac kids and accident victims who needed blood who got it, just ignore them, they'll go away soon)

And just look at the little kiddies with their masks on. So much for oppressing the kids.

[Catherine Vincent]

29. Oh wow

That's a good find.

[Blue Owl]

30. The steamy, sweaty mandemic had them all hot and bothered

[argyl]

33. Good grief. That brings me back to a visit US Rep. Tom Loeffler had to take to San Francisco.

He was a Rep.from Texas and he was so freaked out about catching AIDS he had the hotel staff bring him extra shower caps for his feet and hands to cover them while he took a shower.Not sure of the exact time this happened but I believe AIDS was known to be a blood borne pathogen. He served from 1979 to 1987.
But he was shitting bricks about having to shower with publicly treated potable water in San Francisco.

In another incident after his Congressional career he ran for the Republican nomination for governor and was beaten by the eventual winner, Bill Clements. Loeffler ran an ad that said he was so tough that he played a high school football game with two broken wrists. The media had a field day with it, saying maybe Loeffler was being less than truthful and if he was truthful that was an awfully stupid thing to do.

I recall our beloved Molly Ivins having a lot to say about both stories and when Molly really hit her stride on stories the result would often be uncontrollable laughter along with possibly of falling to the floor over her wit.
I really miss her.

[Crowman2009]

38. Where is Molly Ivins when we need her?

Especially with all these GOPer assclowns running the Texas government.

[argyl]

42. Her and Ann both. They were dear friends and tossed back a few bourbons in their day.

At least we have Ann's daughter Cecile continuing the good fight. And there are a lot of progressive women in Texas who will soon be winning contests instead of making them close.
There's a blue wave fixing to hit Texas, if not in 2024 then maybe 2022 with a defeat of The Dotard toadie Greg Abbott.

[Historic NY]

34. Immoral minority...

if we don't all vote in the upcoming mid-terms that could change. If the Senate including frick and frack don't vote in the voting bill then things could get tough. People might want to imagine McCarthy as speaker.

[forgotmylogin]

35. That's...not how people get AIDS.

The mask needs to go a little lower.

[smb]

40. Like This?

[Chicago1980]

39. So...

They like masking up when the disease isn't airborne...

[Pepsidog]

41. Always been feckless cowards afraid of their own shadows.