“During the AIDS crisis, can you imagine if gay men and intravenous drug users … had they been pariahs the way the non-vaccinated are? But it would've been inconceivable.”
Dennis Prager
commentator. an interview with Newsmax. Claim dated 8 Nov 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
To suggest that gay men and intravenous drug users were not considered pariahs during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s is extraordinarily inaccurate. The evidence of the opposite abounds.
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In short
Dennis Prager (commentator) made this claim around 8 November 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 November 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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