Saturday, June 14, 2008

Reminder, american exceptionalism is bitter

The U.S. is one of twelve countries that still bar entry to people with HIV. No Western democracies are on the list...and neither are strictly underdeveloped or fragile states the majority of the countries.

No, instead we share this despicable exceptionalism with Colombia, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Sudan - to name a few.

Andrew Sullivan shares a surprisingly personal and almost heartbreaking first hand account of this policy.

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