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Elki
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NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) -
A state lawmaker isn't backing down from his controversial comments that are now getting national attention.
State Sen. Stacey Campfield, R-Knoxville, talked about AIDS on a radio show, and now gay rights groups are outraged at what they believe is dangerous misinformation.
Campfield appeared on Michaelangelo Signilore's Sirius XM radio show to talk about his "Don't Say Gay" bill, but he ended up talking about other topics, including calling gay bullying the "biggest lark out there."
But it is his comments about AIDS that are raising some eyebrows.
During the 20 minute interview about his "Don't Say Gay" bill, he made some comments about the origin and transmission of AIDS.
"It was one guy (bleep)ing a monkey if I recall correctly and then having sex with other men," Campfield said on the show. "It is virtually impossible to contract AIDS outside of blood transfusions through heterosexual sex."
Gay rights groups found the comments not only irresponsible and false but also upsetting to those living with HIV.
"I was very disappointed because I know a couple of people who are HIV positive and I can't imagine being in their shoes hearing this kind of thing," said Chris Sanders, with the Tennessee Equality Project.
In an interview Friday with Channel 4, Campfield didn't back down from his comments, although he said he could have qualified his remarks better by saying he was talking about heterosexuals not engaging in high-risk behavior.
"I'll be the first to admit I'm not a gay-AIDS historian or anything like that," Campfield said. "The odds of a regular man catching it from a woman is very low."
We asked what he meant by "regular."
"Someone who is not from Africa, someone who isn't homosexual, someone who isn't an IV drug user, someone who is not sleeping with someone who is one of those things," he said.
This is just the latest in a series of controversial comments made by Tennessee state lawmakers in recent weeks.
State Rep. Richard Floyd, R-Chattanooga, drew fire for allegedly threatening to stomp transgendered people, and another state representative reportedly told an MTSU student that homosexuals were not mentally healthy.
As for the attention Campfield is drawing, he said he doesn't care.
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That bitch.
Would you say you love your ignorance of their ignorance?
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
I mean, if AIDS wasn't so horrible, and uncurable, he'd deserve it
through regular sex with a regular woman, of course
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
all of them, for the sake of honesty and openness
I mean, I don't want to give the impression that I am, and thus speak from false pretenses
Imagine the coursework required...
And not from Africa.
no you see people from africa aren't regular
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
What regular woman would have sex with this man?
a hooker?
They're regular, according to his definition
There is a part of me that hopes to never come back to America once I leave for Japan. Not that Japan is perfect, or that I'd stay in Japan and not to go other countries that aren't america, but, seriously. Fuck america.
we can beat him up, right?
that's the "normal level of political discourse" thing to do, I think
You'll catch something.
America is wierd
if you were in Somalia, shit like that would happen, but you'd expect it, because it's Somalia
if you were someplace good, shit like that wouldn't happen, because it's a good place
America really should be awesome.
catch this!!
This is why people have sex with monkeys.
https://twitter.com/Hooraydiation
I don't think that Japan is an upgrade in regards to, you know, racism or sexism or casual homophobia.
they're more xenophobic than racist, aren't they?
I mean how multicultural is Japan anyway
No, it probably isn't, which is why I had all those qualifiers in my post.
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
They do have a justice system that is arguably worse than America's though! That's pretty rare for a developed country.
we got it great, here
But at least the prison system seems to be much better in terms of rehabilitation...
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
It's just less obvious because who ever heard of a minority in Japan?
america's prison system is one of a kind
no-one has that many prisoners
This is one of my ideal outcomes, yes.
o.0
and the gengars who are guiding me" -- W.S. Merwin
get a citizenship in an EU country!