Just for fun, let's put Nina Totenberg's quote in context, shall we?
Jesse Helms shot first:
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Sen. Jesse Helms says the government should spend less money on people with AIDS because they got sick as a result of "deliberate, disgusting, revolting conduct," The New York Times reported Wednesday.
Helms, who has often spoken of his disgust for homosexuals, spoke to the Times as the Senate considers whether to renew a federal program for the care and treatment of AIDS patients.
"We've got to have some common sense about a disease transmitted by people deliberately engaging in unnatural acts," Helms told the Times.
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Then Nina Totenberg commented:
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"I think he ought to be worried about what's going on in the Good Lord's mind, because if there is retributive justice, he'll get AIDS from a transfusion or one of his grandchildren will get it." (Inside Washington, ABC-TV, 7/8/95)
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Anger? Sure. Hate? Well... certainly from Helms...