Magic Johnson Faking AIDS?
Um, no.
However, who, I ask you, who wouldn’t want to do that?! I mean, there’s so much to gain from that, right? Like, um… well, there is that… no, but then! No, not that either… Okay, I’ll admit it. I can’t think of a good reason to fake having a deadly serious disease, but apparently some assholes guys on a Minneapolis radio station didn’t have any problem thinking that basketball great Magic Johnson had done just that and announced as such on the air last Wednesday.
Why not just say “We’re a couple of royal douches who don’t know what we’re talking about?” It has the same effect and result (in that we think they’re a couple of royal douches who don’t know what they’re talking about), only unlike the Magic Johnson faking AIDS thing, it’s actually true.
From Fox Sports:
“According to a partial transcript and audio clip posted on a media watchdog site, mediamatters.org, the remarks came after a caller asserted that health care isn’t a basic right. Perry responded by asking about treatable diseases that a person can live with for a long time ‘if you just get some basic drugs.’
Baker responded, ‘Like Magic Johnson?’
Perry replied, ‘Like Magic with his faked AIDS. Magic faked AIDS.’
Baker said, ‘You think Magic faked AIDS for sympathy?’
Perry replied, ‘I’m convinced that Magic faked AIDS.’
‘Me too,’ Baker said.
Johnson issued a statement Thursday saying he was ‘outraged that Chris Baker and Langdon Perry would minimize such a serious and deadly issue.’
‘Millions are dying from HIV/AIDS, and the fact that they would make jokes about my status is unbelievable,’ Johnson said. ‘Chris, Langdon and KTLK should use their power in a more positive light by encouraging people to get tested for this disease instead of making up such ridiculous lies.’”
Baker and Perry did enough vigorous back pedaling to win the Tour de France (backward, of course). They will now be airing some public service announcements, said they’re sorry and will be licking Magic Johnson’s feet for a month. (that last part is just wishful thinking, the first two are real).
Once again the douches in question are Chris Baker and Langdon Perry of KTLK in Minneapolis.
If you feel so inclined to inform either of these fine examples of intelligentsia what a great job you think they are doing you can do so at the following addresses:
Chris Baker: chrisbaker@ktlkfm.com
Langdon Perry: langdonperry@ktlkfm.com
I know they’re already paying their dues for what they did (in as much as airing public service announcements and mumbling “sorry” is paying ones dues), but come on! They got to say exactly what they were thinking!
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I simply cannot believe that those two morons would joke about this disease. They probably used their bean sized brains to create a theory such as this - Magic announced in 89′ (or somewhere around there) that he was sick, but is still living what appears to be a reasonable life. But apparently what those geniouses didn’t think about was that the disease may react or respond to medication differently in everyone. Hell, I’m not a doctor and I can tell you that. So you’re right, before they haul off and say Magic isn’t sick, I think they should have though about how insensitive their comments were. I hope people who read your blog contact those two and give em’ hell.
I tried to, but it wont go through. I wonder if they’re getting inundated and that’s why. I hope that’s the reason! I’m going to try again tomorrow.
Assholes!
Ok well if he isn’t faking AIDS then he is the ONLY person I have ever seen servive this long, and also look as healthy as he does. So maybe it’s true or not, but it sounds and or seems fishy.
Actually, recent AIDS testing has shown that he is now disease free. He isn’t the only person to be “cured,” but I do believe (based on very very limited research) that he’s the only celebrity to have been. Just b/c he is extremely lucky doesn’t mean we should question if he ever had it. Why would he fake such a thing? What did he gain? He does have the money to spend on the best care!
This is absurd. I can’t believe those two idiots would even joke about such a thing. Not that I think you should be joking about it at all, but if you are going to you need to do that somewhere other than on public air. I really hope they are reprimanded in some way. I understand it is their right to free speech, but this is breaking the grounds of common respect as well as making it appear that neither one of thier mothers taught them any manners.
It’s a sad, sad world where people can take low-blows like that at others. Whether he has AIDs or not, it really is no one’s business to make judgments one whether or not it is true or not. These folks who think they’re right about him faking AIDs sure would feel bad (or at least, they SHOULD feel bad like any other normal human being) if they somehow found out that he really honestly did have AIDs.
I don’t think Magic Johnson was/is faking having AIDS. Who the hell would do that? Just the mumblings of two morons.
How inconsiderate! Like they didn’t think that was going to get back to Johnson? Well, the answer is they just weren’t thinking.
I think it’s great that he is cured. He IS incredibly lucky! It’s people like that (those DJs) that make this world far below what it should be!
What thoughtless assholes.
News Flash!!! Magic Johnson never said he had AIDS! He was found to be HIV positive. This is the virus, left untreated that leads to AIDS. He has been treating it aggressively since the early 90s. He is not “cured” of the virus. Rather his treatments have been so successful that his blood counts resemble those who have never contracted HIV. He can still infect others (although it is a lower chance than someone with full blown AIDS and if he stops his regime of medications he will become ill.
HIV can be sympton-less in your system for up to ten years. A test can detect it within several weeks, but you can infect people without knowing you have it. That’s why he says, “Know your status”!
I know a man who is in the same similar situation Glenn and he has gotten to the point where he and his wife can try and have a baby.
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